14.3% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cumbalum · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cumbalum
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Cumbalum, where 43.7% of people claim this background. The community has a strong British and Irish heritage, though the proportion of people born overseas has risen to 14.3%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People with Australian (43.7%) and English (40.4%) ancestry are the most common groups here, followed by Irish (12.2%) and Scottish (10.3%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the share of overseas-born residents rose 2.4 points since 2011 to reach 14.3%, this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.3%), with England and New Zealand being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Cumbalum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115050/cumbalum/topic/ancestry-heritage