11.4% ▲ +17.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oberon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oberon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 11.4% of people in Oberon were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This is a community where the vast majority of residents have deep roots in Australia, England, Ireland, or Scotland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common here, each accounting for about 39% of residents. Irish ancestry is also significant at 13.4%, followed by Scottish at 8.9% and German at 3.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (76.5%), while the next most common birthplaces are England, New Zealand, India, and South Africa.
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 Oberon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13079/oberon/topic/ancestry-heritage