5.1% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pilliga · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pilliga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong preference for Australian and English roots has remained a constant feature of Pilliga over the last decade. Most people here identify with these backgrounds, while the proportion of residents born overseas remains very low compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 33.1% and 32.6% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish and German roots are also represented in smaller numbers.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.1% of people in Pilliga were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most other areas, with 72.6% of the population 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 Pilliga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13217/pilliga/topic/ancestry-heritage