4.5% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oura · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oura
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Oura compared to the rest of the country. Only 4.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes Oura a very predominantly Australian-born community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim English (44.7%) or Australian (43.9%) ancestry. Other common roots include Scottish (11.4%), Irish (10.6%), and German (6.5%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 4.5%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with 86.2% of residents 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 Oura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13113/oura/topic/ancestry-heritage