12.8% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blue Mountain Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blue Mountain Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.8% of people in Blue Mountain Heights were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most of Australia. Most residents identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.9% and English at 39.5%. Scottish, Irish, and German roots are also frequently reported.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 83.5% of people born in Australia, this area has a much lower overseas-born population than both Queensland and the rest of the country. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia 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 Blue Mountain Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30291/blue-mountain-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage