10.4% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rural Balance · Section of State
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rural Balance
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry in Rural Balance, where 40.4% of people claim these roots. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are nearly equal at 40.4% and 40.3% respectively, while Irish and Scottish roots are also common at 12.5% and 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.4% of people in Rural Balance were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has barely changed since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (81.4%), followed by England (2.9%) and New Zealand (1.2%).
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 Rural Balance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS23/rural-balance/topic/ancestry-heritage