17.4% ▲ +108.5%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Armidale · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Armidale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Armidale, where the share of people born abroad rose by 9.0 percentage points since 2011. While 17.4% of the population was born outside Australia, the community remains rooted in traditional backgrounds, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prevalent here, making up 35.0% and 34.0% of the population respectively, followed by Irish at 11.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 17.4% of people born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national rate of 27.7%.
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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112001/armidale/topic/ancestry-heritage