10.9% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Thurgoona · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Thurgoona
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 11% of people in Thurgoona were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This reflects a strong local connection to British and Irish roots, with the vast majority of residents claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 42.4% and 40.6% of the population respectively. Irish (13.2%), Scottish (11.4%) and German (7.4%) ancestry also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (85.9%), followed by England (2.1%) and India (1.2%).
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 Thurgoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13873/thurgoona/topic/ancestry-heritage