10.9% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 81% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bounded Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 10.9% of people in Bounded Locality were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other similar regions. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with deep roots in English and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.5% and 40.7% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots also feature strongly at 13.0% and 12.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has barely changed since 2011, remaining at 10.9%. This is far below the Australian figure of 27.7%, with 81.3% of residents born in Australia.
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 Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS22/bounded-locality/topic/ancestry-heritage