7.4% ▲ +29.4%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cessnock · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cessnock
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A deep connection to British and Irish roots defines daily life in Cessnock, where the vast majority of people claim ancestral ties to these regions. While the community remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, there is a slow but steady increase in people moving to the area from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as Australian (42.4%) or English (39.8%), followed by Scottish (11.9%) and Irish (8.1%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales (29.3%) and national (27.7%) averages. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, with most residents born in Australia (87.3%) or England (1.7%).
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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112005/cessnock/topic/ancestry-heritage