8.3% ▲ +26.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
North Shields · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in North Shields
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Australian heritage shapes daily life in North Shields, where nearly 48% of people claim Australian ancestry. The area is far less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the state, with the vast majority of residents born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify with traditional roots, with English ancestry at 39.6% and Scottish and Irish backgrounds making up another 15.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national rate of 27.7%. About 83.4% of the population was born in Australia.
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 North Shields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41046/north-shields/topic/ancestry-heritage