9.7% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kandos · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kandos
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common in Kandos, with about 40% of residents claiming each. This creates a strong British and Australian heritage across the town. Most people here were born in Australia, and the overseas-born population is much smaller than the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People of Australian (40.1%) and English (39.3%) descent make up the vast majority of the town, followed by Irish (9.1%), Scottish (7.9%) and German (4.2%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 9.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, with 77.5% of the population born in Australia.
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 Kandos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115090/kandos/topic/ancestry-heritage