13.7% ▲ +43.7%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Newcastle · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Newcastle
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common in Newcastle, where 42.5% of people claim these roots. The area is predominantly Australian-born and has deep ties to British and Irish heritage, though the proportion of people born overseas has grown recently.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 42.5% and 36.9% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, representing 14.4% and 12.5% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.7% of people in Newcastle were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While this is much lower than most areas, the number of overseas-born residents rose 4.2 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 Newcastle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10058/newcastle/topic/ancestry-heritage