16.7% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
North Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in North Avoca
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in North Avoca than in the rest of the state, with only 16.7% of residents born abroad. This gap is most obvious when compared to New South Wales, where the figure is 29.3%. Most residents here share a strong heritage of English, Australian, and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45%, followed by Australian at 39.9% and Irish at 14.6%. Scottish and German roots are also present, accounting for 12.9% and 4% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 16.7% of people were born overseas—a figure higher than in most similar areas—this is far below the national average of 27.7%. About 79.8% of the population were born in Australia, with England as the most common overseas birthplace at 5.3%.
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 North Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12990/north-avoca/topic/ancestry-heritage