8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kentville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kentville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.3% of people in Kentville were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small proportion of overseas-born residents means the area is predominantly made up of people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as Australian (63.0%) or English (39.8%), followed by German (16.7%) and Irish (13.0%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the Queensland figure by 14 points and the national figure by 19 points. Most residents were born in Australia (90.7%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (4.6%) and New Zealand (2.8%).
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 Kentville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31511/kentville/topic/ancestry-heritage