4.6% ▲ +15.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cavendish · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cavendish
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 4.6% of people in Cavendish were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born and maintains strong ties to traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44%, followed closely by Australian at 41%. Other significant roots include Scottish (15.6%), Irish (14.8%), and German (9.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (85.2%), which is far below the 27.7% national figure. Only small numbers of people were born in England (1.1%) or New Zealand (1.1%).
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 Cavendish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20526/cavendish/topic/ancestry-heritage