6.4% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kempsey · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kempsey
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local roots defines Kempsey, where 83.1% of residents were born in Australia. This is a community with far fewer overseas-born residents than the state or national average, resulting in a population with deep ties to Australian and British heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 37.2% and English at 35.4%. Irish (9.1%), Scottish (7.1%), and German (2.5%) also make up significant parts of the local family history.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.4% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and fell slightly since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia, followed by small numbers from England, the Philippines and New Zealand.
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113006/kempsey/topic/ancestry-heritage