10.2% ▼ -62.9%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bemboka · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A sharp drop in the number of overseas-born residents has defined the recent makeup of Bemboka, where just 10.2% of people were born abroad. This is far below the national figure, making the area much more likely to be born in Australia than most other places in the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 43.2% and 44.1% of the population respectively, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure that has fallen by 17 percentage points since 2011. This is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%, with 83.9% of the local population born in Australia.
10.2% ▼ -62.9%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Bemboka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122014/bemboka/topic/ancestry-heritage