10.3% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Thirlmere · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Thirlmere
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Thirlmere, where nearly half the population identifies as Australian. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, making it far less diverse in origin than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most frequent, making up 46% and 40.4% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 10.7% and 9.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%. While this has risen slightly since 2011, 84.9% of residents were 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 Thirlmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115137/thirlmere/topic/ancestry-heritage