17.6% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blue Mountains · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blue Mountains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than one in five residents were born overseas in the Blue Mountains, making it far less diverse in birthplace than most of the state. This is a community where English, Australian, and Irish ancestries are the most common, with the typical resident having deep roots in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.2%, followed by Australian at 37.8% and Irish at 16.0%. Scottish and German roots are also noted, accounting for 13.4% and 4.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, while 78.9% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10011/blue-mountains/topic/ancestry-heritage