12.6% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Emerald Beach West · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Emerald Beach West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A gap of 15 percentage points separates Emerald Beach West from the national average in terms of overseas birthplaces. While it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas, it remains far less diverse than the state and country as a whole.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 45.8% and 40.6% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 12.6% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 29.3% and has barely changed since 2011.
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 Emerald Beach West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121036/emerald-beach-west/topic/ancestry-heritage