14.3% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kurrajong Heights · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kurrajong Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A slow increase in overseas-born residents marks the recent shift in Kurrajong Heights, where 14.3% of people were born outside Australia. Most locals share deep roots in the British Isles, with English and Australian ancestries making up the vast majority of the community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 45.7% and 41.3% of residents. Other significant groups include Irish at 16.7% and Scottish at 12.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the proportion of people born overseas rose 1.9 percentage points since 2011 to 14.3%, this is still far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (84.6%), followed by England at 5.9%.
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 Kurrajong Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121062/kurrajong-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage