23.5% ▼ -57.4%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Camden · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Camden
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A drop of 32 percentage points in the overseas-born population since 2011 defines the changing face of Camden. While many residents claim English or Australian roots, the area has seen a significant shift toward a larger proportion of people born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 31.9% and 28.3% of the population. Other notable groups include people of Italian, Irish and Scottish descent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 23.5% of people in Camden were born overseas, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (73.3%), with smaller numbers arriving from India, England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Camden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10013/camden/topic/ancestry-heritage