12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
New Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in New Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for its share of overseas-born residents, New Valley has a strong base of people with British and Australian roots. Most of the population identifies with Australian or English ancestry, reflecting a traditional heritage common in the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 34.4% and 31.3% of the population respectively, while 9.4% of people identify as Irish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%). Most of the population was born in Australia, accounting for 65.6% of residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in New Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12955/new-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage