17.1% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Whale Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Whale Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower share of people were born overseas in Whale Beach compared to the rest of the state. Only 17.1% of residents were born abroad, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This makes the area less diverse in birthplace than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim roots in the British Isles, with English ancestry at 49.5%, Australian at 27%, Scottish at 16.2%, and Irish at 15.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 74.3% of people were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 5.7% and New Zealand at 2.9%.
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 Whale Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14284/whale-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage