10.8% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 71% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Orange · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Orange
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Orange compared to most similar areas. Only 10.8% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a figure far below both the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.5% and English at 40.3%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 83.7% of people born in Australia, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion has also fallen since 2011, dropping 1.8 percentage points to 10.8%.
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1027/orange/topic/ancestry-heritage