5.3% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
Australian ancestry is the most common identity in Bounded Locality, where 10.4% of people claim this heritage. The area is very strongly rooted in Australia, with a very small proportion of residents born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the second most common at 9.2%, followed by Irish (3.1%), Scottish (2.6%) and German (1.4%) roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.3% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and among the lowest for similar areas. This proportion rose slightly by 0.8 points since 2011, with 88.6% of the population born in Australia.
5.3% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 99% 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/SOS72/bounded-locality/topic/ancestry-heritage