18.8% ▲ +241.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bangalow · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower proportion of people in Bangalow were born overseas compared to the state or national figures. While 18.8% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the Australian average of 27.7%.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44%, followed by Australian at 32.4% and Irish at 16.6%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of overseas-born residents has risen 13 points since 2011, though it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most people here were born in Australia (73.1%), with England (7.1%) and New Zealand (3%) as the next most common birthplaces.
18.8% ▲ +241.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Bangalow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115006/bangalow/topic/ancestry-heritage