14.4% ▼ -60.8%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
The Entrance · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in The Entrance
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A massive drop in the number of overseas-born residents has shaped The Entrance, with the proportion falling by 22 percentage points since 2011. Today, it is a place where 80.7% of people were born in Australia, making it far less diverse in birthplace than most other areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English (42.7%), Australian (41.2%), or Irish (12.4%) ancestry. Scottish and German roots are also common, making up 10.5% and 3.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are England (4.1%) and New Zealand (1.6%).
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 The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10083/the-entrance/topic/ancestry-heritage