4.7% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Paxton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Paxton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A drop in the number of overseas-born residents has seen Paxton (L) become more home-grown since 2011. Only 4.7% of people here were born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure. This shift reinforces a local identity deeply rooted in Australian and British heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, accounting for 48.9% and 44.5% of residents respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also present in 12.8% and 11.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas fell 4.6 percentage points since 2011 to just 4.7%. This is far below the 29.3% seen across New South Wales, with 91.8% of the local population 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 Paxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121093/paxton/topic/ancestry-heritage