20.9% ▲ +63.7%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bowral - Mittagong · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bowral - Mittagong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Bowral - Mittagong, where 44.2% of residents claim this background. The area has a strong connection to British and Irish roots, while the proportion of people born overseas has grown significantly in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian heritage are the most prominent, making up 44.2% and 35.2% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 14.7% and 13.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.9% of people here were born overseas, a figure that rose 8.2 percentage points since 2011. While this is among the highest for similar areas, it remains well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%.
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 Bowral - Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112004/bowral-mittagong/topic/ancestry-heritage