19.0% ▲ +55.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Arrawarra · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Arrawarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Arrawarra were born overseas, a figure that has risen 6.8 percentage points since 2011. This marks a notable increase in international residents for the area, though the total remains well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 46.2%, followed by Australian at 35.7%. Irish, Scottish and German ancestries also make up a significant portion of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 19.0% of residents were born overseas, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (76.8%), with the next most common birthplaces being England 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 Arrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115004/arrawarra/topic/ancestry-heritage