3.4% ▼ -63.7%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Killingworth · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Killingworth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Killingworth (L), where 47.6% of residents claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents coming from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian, followed closely by English ancestry at 43.2%. Scottish, Irish, and German backgrounds are also common, making up 10.2%, 7.6%, and 5.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.4% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the national average of 27.7%. This is among the lowest proportions for similar areas and has fallen by 5.9 percentage points 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 Killingworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121057/killingworth/topic/ancestry-heritage