11.7% ▲ +9.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Skennars Head · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Skennars Head
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few changes have occurred in the cultural makeup of Skennars Head since 2011, leaving it as a predominantly Australian-born community. Most residents here identify with English or Australian ancestry, while the proportion of people born overseas remains far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.2%, followed closely by Australian at 40.4%. Other common ancestral roots include Irish at 19.3% and Scottish at 14.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales. While 84.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 3.7% and New Zealand at 1.6%.
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 Skennars Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13569/skennars-head/topic/ancestry-heritage