33.9% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balmain · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balmain
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of people in Balmain were born overseas, which is well above the national figure. This creates a diverse community where 33.9% of residents arrived from another country, a figure that has risen since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 33.4%, followed by Australian at 25.4%, Irish at 14.4%, Scottish at 10.5% and Chinese at 8.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 33.9% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much higher than the 27.7% national average. While 61.3% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, China, New Zealand and Italy.
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 Balmain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10004/balmain/topic/ancestry-heritage