6.3% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Parkes · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Parkes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Parkes than in most similar areas. This community is heavily rooted in Australian, English and Irish heritage, with only 6.3% of residents born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.7% and English at 41.0%, followed by Irish at 10.6% and Scottish at 8.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen since 2011, when 13.7% of the population was born abroad.
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 Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114024/parkes/topic/ancestry-heritage