5.1% ▼ -63.6%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Broken Hill · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Broken Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas births in Broken Hill have dropped by 8.9 percentage points since 2011, leaving only 5.1% of the population born outside Australia. This makes the area far less diverse than most other parts of the state. Most residents identify with Australian, English, Irish, or Scottish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian (43.1%) and English (37.8%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish at 9% and Scottish at 8.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Australia is the primary birthplace for 86% of the population.
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 Broken Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113003/broken-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage