18.5% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shoal Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shoal Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry in Shoal Bay, where 40.6% of residents claim those roots. The area has a strong British and Irish heritage, though it is much less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 40.6% and 34.0% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 13.2% and 10.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.5% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%, with 76.1% of residents 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 Shoal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13554/shoal-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage