7.9% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oakdale · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oakdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 7.9% of people in Oakdale were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes Oakdale a place with a very strong Australian identity, where the vast majority of residents were born within the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 38.5% and 48.1% of the population. Scottish, Irish and Italian backgrounds are also represented in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen by 6.6 percentage points since 2011. At 7.9%, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with 84.3% of people born in Australia.
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 Oakdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121092/oakdale/topic/ancestry-heritage