5.3% ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pooncarie · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.3% of people in Pooncarie were born overseas, making it far less diverse than most other Australian areas. This small overseas-born population is a striking contrast to the state and national figures, where roughly 28% of people were born abroad.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 37.2% and English at 34.5%, followed by Scottish, Irish, and Filipino roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 67.3% of residents born in Australia, the area's overseas-born population is far below the New South Wales figure by 24 points. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are the Philippines, New Zealand, and England.
5.3% ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Pooncarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13254/pooncarie/topic/ancestry-heritage