8.1% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Raymond Terrace · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An overwhelmingly strong connection to British and Australian roots defines the daily life of Raymond Terrace. Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, with very few people born outside the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 43.5% and 42.4% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German roots are also present in smaller numbers.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.1% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with 85.9% of the population born in Australia.
8.1% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Raymond Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113013/raymond-terrace/topic/ancestry-heritage