2.9% ▼ -45.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shadforth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shadforth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people were born overseas in Shadforth, a trend that has remained steady since 2011. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with the vast majority of residents claiming English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 50%, followed by Australian at 39.4%. Other common roots include Irish (14.4%), Scottish (12.5%), and Dutch (4.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2.9% of residents were 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 similar areas, with 84.6% of the population 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 Shadforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13536/shadforth/topic/ancestry-heritage