17.1% ▼ -57.2%
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 40.0%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shellharbour · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shellharbour
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Shellharbour compared to the rest of the state, with only 17.1% of residents arriving from abroad. This gap is highlighted by a sharp drop in the overseas-born population, which fell by 23 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, making up 39.1% and 38.0% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish heritage are also prominent, each representing around 9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (78.6%), followed by those from England at 4.6%.
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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10075/shellharbour/topic/ancestry-heritage