3.9% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ophir · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ophir
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Ophir than in most similar areas. This is a community with very deep roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in Ophir claim Australian ancestry at 47.7%, followed by English at 43.8%, Irish at 14.1%, and Scottish at 6.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. About 81.3% of the population was 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 Ophir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13101/ophir/topic/ancestry-heritage