7.8% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Raymond Terrace · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Raymond Terrace
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 Raymond Terrace compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.8% of residents were born outside Australia, which is 20 percentage points below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for over 40% of the population. Other common roots include Irish (10.2%) and Scottish (9.6%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, at 86.5%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% for overseas births, with the most common overseas birthplaces being England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Raymond Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13340/raymond-terrace/topic/ancestry-heritage