8.2% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Karuah · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Karuah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of colonial heritage shapes Karuah, where the vast majority of people claim Australian or British roots. With nearly 80% of the population born in Australia, it is a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (43.1%) and English (37.8%), followed by Irish (11.2%) and Scottish (8.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and lower than most other areas. This proportion has also fallen by 2.1 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 Karuah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115091/karuah/topic/ancestry-heritage