5.9% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Grafton · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Grafton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5.9% of people in Grafton were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area one of the least diverse in the region in terms of birthplace. Most residents here have deep roots in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 45.4% and 40.8% of the population respectively. Other significant groups include Irish at 10.9% and Scottish at 9.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, though it has risen slightly by 0.8 points since 2011. About 87.2% of the population was born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 1.4%.
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 Grafton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1015/grafton/topic/ancestry-heritage