4.3% ▲ +87.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bamawm · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bamawm
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few residents were born overseas in Bamawm, making it much less diverse than most other areas. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, while those with ancestral roots trace back mainly to the UK and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 39.1% and Irish at 13.8%. Other common ancestral roots include Scottish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (87.4%), with very few arriving from places like South Africa or England.
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 Bamawm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20125/bamawm/topic/ancestry-heritage