6.8% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Evans Head · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Evans Head
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Evans Head than in the rest of the state. Only 6.8% of residents were born abroad, which is a massive gap compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This makes the area much more Australian-born than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 42.3% and English at 41.8%, followed by Irish at 14.3% and Scottish at 13.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.8% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen 4.0 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (83.6%), with small numbers from England, New Zealand, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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 Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115057/evans-head/topic/ancestry-heritage