5.5% ▼ -72.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brewarrina · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brewarrina
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common identity in Brewarrina (L), where 24.4% of people claim this heritage. The area is mostly made up of people born in Australia, with a very small proportion of the population born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond those of Australian descent, the most common ancestries are English at 19.4% and Irish at 5.9%. Scottish and Indian ancestries also appear in the community at 2.8% and 1.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.5% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national level of 27.7% and has fallen 14 points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (77.5%), followed by India at 3.1% and New Zealand at 0.8%.
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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121013/brewarrina/topic/ancestry-heritage