4.8% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Jervis Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Jervis Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Jervis Bay, where 19% of residents claim this heritage. The area has a very small overseas-born population compared to the rest of the country, with only 4.8% of people born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the second most common at 11.3%. Other notable backgrounds include Irish and German at 2.3% each, followed by Scottish at 1.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state average of 28.9%. Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 65.5% of the population.
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 Jervis Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL90003/jervis-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage