4.3% ▲ +106.8%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boggabri · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boggabri
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller proportion of people were born overseas in Boggabri compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.3% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a massive gap when compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. This highlight's the area's strong ties to local and traditional roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (46.3%) or English (37.1%) ancestry. Other common roots include Scottish (8.1%), Irish (7.7%), and German (3.1%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The number of people born overseas rose 2.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 4.3%, though this remains far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (80.3%), followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Boggabri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121009/boggabri/topic/ancestry-heritage