5.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rocky Plain · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rocky Plain
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady profile of local roots defines Rocky Plain, where the vast majority of people were born in Australia. The area remains far less diverse than the rest of the state, with very few residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 55.1%, followed by Australian (30.4%), Scottish (26.1%) and Irish (24.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. This means 94.2% of the population was 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 Rocky Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13402/rocky-plain/topic/ancestry-heritage