9.7% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bathurst · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bathurst
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English roots are the most common ancestries in Bathurst, with 42.1% and 41.2% of people claiming these backgrounds. This heritage is reflected in a population where the vast majority were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, while Irish (13.5%) and Scottish (10.7%) roots are also common across the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion is among the lowest for similar areas, although it rose 1.2 percentage points since 2011.
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 Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10007/bathurst/topic/ancestry-heritage