14.0% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 57% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Other Urban · Section of State
Ancestry & Birthplace in Other Urban
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Mid-range overseas birth rates define Other Urban, where 14% of people were born in another country. While most residents claim English or Australian roots, the area remains far below the national average for overseas-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 44.2% and 39.9% of the population respectively. German is the next most frequent at 10.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14% of people were born overseas, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with 80.4% of the population 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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS41/other-urban/topic/ancestry-heritage