0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Retreat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Retreat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost everyone in Retreat was born in Australia, creating a community with very few overseas-born residents. The area is dominated by traditional roots, with nearly 58% of people claiming English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 57.8%, followed by Australian at 28.9%. Irish and Scottish ancestry both account for 11.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Retreat was born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, with 93.3% 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 Retreat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13368/retreat/topic/ancestry-heritage