5.9% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Seaham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Seaham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common in Seaham, with both accounting for 46.3% of residents. This local profile is heavily dominated by people born in Australia, creating a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond the strong Australian and English ties, Scottish ancestry is common at 12.7%, followed by Irish at 11.6% and German at 3.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (93.3%), with small numbers arriving from England (1.7%) and New Zealand (1.3%).
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 Seaham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13525/seaham/topic/ancestry-heritage