20.6% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kambah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kambah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Kambah, where 37.7% of residents claim this background. The area is largely Australian-born, though it has a diverse mix of European and Asian roots. Over a fifth of the population was born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 37.7% and 36.2%, followed by Irish at 14.4% and Scottish at 12.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.6% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for both the ACT (28.7%) and Australia (27.7%).
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 Kambah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80082/kambah/topic/ancestry-heritage