3.2% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Obley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Obley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Obley, where 46.8% of residents claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 42.6%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots. Smaller groups include people of Italian descent, who make up 3.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, while England is the next most common birthplace at 3.2%.
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 Obley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13080/obley/topic/ancestry-heritage