8.9% ▲ +40.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barooga · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barooga
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Barooga, where 44.9% of people claim this background. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with a small but growing number of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 44.9% and 40.3% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 13.7% and Scottish at 10.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 8.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This proportion is lower than most similar areas, although it has risen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
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 Barooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115009/barooga/topic/ancestry-heritage