6.0% ▼ -57.1%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Quirindi · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Quirindi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6% of people in Quirindi were born overseas, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. The town is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong family heritage rooted in English and Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestral backgrounds, making up 41.6% and 36.9% of residents respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, accounting for 9.5% and 9.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents fell by 7.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 6%. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Quirindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115122/quirindi/topic/ancestry-heritage