16.4% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Armidale · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Armidale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural roots shape the daily life of Armidale, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common. While the area remains predominantly Australian-born, a growing number of residents are arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent here, making up 36.1% and 34.9% of the population. Irish, Scottish, and German roots also feature strongly in the local family histories.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.4% of people in Armidale were born overseas, a figure that has risen by 4.4 percentage points since 2011. This is higher than most similar areas, although it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Armidale
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1002/armidale/topic/ancestry-heritage