6.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rawdon Island · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rawdon Island
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Rawdon Island, where 43% of residents claim these roots. The area has a very strong connection to Australian and British origins, with few residents born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as English (43%) or Australian (40.8%), while other common ancestries include Irish (11.3%) and Scottish (9.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the NSW rate of 29.3%. The vast majority were born in Australia (81.7%), followed by small numbers from New Zealand and England.
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 Rawdon Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13336/rawdon-island/topic/ancestry-heritage