5.2% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Broken Hill · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Broken Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents were born outside Australia in Broken Hill, which has one of the lowest overseas birth rates among similar areas. Most people here trace their roots back to the British Isles or Australia, with 81% identifying as Australian, English, Irish or Scottish.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 43.2% and 37.8% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 9.0% and 8.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.2% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3%. This has barely changed since 2011, when the figure was 4.5%.
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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1007/broken-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage