15.0% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 51% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 15% of people in Bounded Locality were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is largely of English and Australian ancestry, with these two groups making up over two-thirds of the population.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestry are the most common, accounting for 36.6% and 33.2% of residents. Scottish and Irish ancestry are also present at 8.1% and 7.7% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2011 and is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (73.6%), followed by England at 5.2% and New Zealand at 2.6%.
15.0% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 51% of section of state areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
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/SOS52/bounded-locality/topic/ancestry-heritage