9.3% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pitt Town · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pitt Town
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An Australian ancestry, claimed by 44.5% of people, is the most common heritage in Pitt Town. This is a community with deep roots in Australia and the UK, where the vast majority of residents were born here rather than overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 41.3%, followed by Irish (10.8%) and Scottish (9.8%) roots. Italian heritage is another notable group, claimed by 6.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of people in Pitt Town were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, with 89.1% of residents now 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 Pitt Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115120/pitt-town/topic/ancestry-heritage