15.1% ▲ +166.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balmoral · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balmoral
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Balmoral compared to the state or national average, though this is changing. While the typical resident claims English or Australian ancestry, the proportion of people born outside Australia has risen significantly since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area identify as English (47.1%) or Australian (42.2%). Other common ancestries include Scottish at 10.4% and Irish at 9.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. However, this is a growing trend, as the number of overseas-born residents rose by 9.4 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 Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122011/balmoral/topic/ancestry-heritage