13.9% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rock Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rock Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries dominate the heritage of Rock Valley, with 77% of residents claiming one of these two roots. While the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places, it remains far less diverse than the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (41.7%) and Australian (35.3%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish at 14.7% and Scottish at 10.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 13.9% of people were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales. Most residents were born in Australia (78.2%), with New Zealand and England as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Rock Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13393/rock-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage