10.1% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
499 or less · Section of State Range
Ancestry & Birthplace in 499 or less
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.1% of people in 499 or less 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. Most residents trace their roots back to British and European origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 45.4% and English at 40.8%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots. German ancestry is also present at 4.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Fewer people were born overseas here than in most other areas, and this figure fell 3.2 percentage points since 2011. About 85.2% of the population was born in Australia, while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.8%.
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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR822/499-or-less/topic/ancestry-heritage