16.8% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ballina · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ballina
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Ballina than in most other similar areas. While the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen to 16.8% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 42.6%, followed by Australian at 35.2% and Irish at 14.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (75.4%), with England (4.4%) and New Zealand (2.0%) being the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Ballina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10003/ballina/topic/ancestry-heritage