10.5% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Thirlmere · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Thirlmere
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Thirlmere compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.5% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here trace their roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 44.5% and 40.3% of the population. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also prominent at 10.2% and 9.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (83.4%), followed by England at 3.8%.
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 Thirlmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13863/thirlmere/topic/ancestry-heritage