7.5% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balnagowan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balnagowan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local heritage shapes daily life in Balnagowan, where 88.8% of residents were born in Australia. This makes the area far less diverse than the national average, with a heavy leaning towards traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, while English, Irish, and Scottish roots account for another 53.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7%. Most residents born outside Australia came from New Zealand or South Africa.
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 Balnagowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30134/balnagowan/topic/ancestry-heritage