3.6% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rugby · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rugby
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Rugby claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common ancestral group in the area. The community is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, at 49.4% and 48.2% respectively. Irish ancestry is also notable at 19.3%, followed by Italian and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, with England being the most frequent overseas birthplace at 7.2%.
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 Rugby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13453/rugby/topic/ancestry-heritage