10.6% ▲ +36.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Scotts Head · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Scotts Head
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much smaller proportion of people were born overseas in Scotts Head compared to the rest of the state. While 10.6% of the population was born abroad, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents have deep roots in Australia, England, and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each making up about 44% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 13.8% and 11.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas rose 2.8 points since 2011 to reach 10.6%, though this remains far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.5%), with England (3.3%) and New Zealand (1.6%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Scotts Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121102/scotts-head/topic/ancestry-heritage