8.2% ▼ -79.6%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Orange · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Orange
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp drop in the overseas-born population has occurred in Orange, where only 8.2% of residents were born outside Australia. This figure has plummeted by 32 percentage points since 2011, making it one of the areas with the lowest proportion of overseas-born residents in the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, accounting for 43.3% and 40.6% of residents respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German roots also make up a significant part of the local heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 84.8% of people born in Australia, Orange is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7% for overseas births. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, New Zealand, India, 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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10063/orange/topic/ancestry-heritage