12.6% ▲ +83.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Basin View · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Basin View
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of residents were born overseas in Basin View compared to the state or national figures. While 12.6% of people here were born outside Australia, this is much lower than the 29.3% seen across New South Wales.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as Australian (43.9%) or English (42.9%), followed by Irish and Scottish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has risen by 5.7 points since 2011 to reach 12.6%, though this remains far below the Australian average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.9%), with England as the most common overseas birthplace.
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 Basin View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115011/basin-view/topic/ancestry-heritage