5.5% ▼ -56.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kurri Kurri · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kurri Kurri
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp drop in the number of overseas-born residents defines the recent shift in Kurri Kurri, where only 5.5% of people were born abroad. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%, reflecting a population with very deep roots in Australia and the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the people here claim Australian ancestry (46.7%), with English (43.4%), Scottish (11.2%), and Irish (8.4%) ancestry also very common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen by 7.1 percentage points since 2011 to just 5.5%. This is much lower than most areas and far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with 89.8% of residents born in Australia.
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 Kurri Kurri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112011/kurri-kurri/topic/ancestry-heritage