9.3% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oolong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oolong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.3% of people in Oolong were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian regions. Most residents have roots in the British Isles, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 57.4%, followed by Australian at 40.7%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, each held by about 15% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure by 20 percentage points. In line with this, 87% of residents were born in Australia.
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 Oolong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13098/oolong/topic/ancestry-heritage