27.8% ▲ +185.4%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Byron Bay · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Byron Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A massive 18 percentage point rise in the overseas-born population has occurred in Byron Bay since 2011. Now, 27.8% of people here were born in another country, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 39.2%, followed by Australian at 27.3% and Irish at 14.7%. Other common ancestries include Scottish and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over a quarter of residents were born overseas, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While 63.6% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, Italy and South Africa.
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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1008/byron-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage