13.1% ▲ +217.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Collector · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Collector
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of residents in Collector (L) claim English ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. The community is predominantly of Australian and European descent, though the proportion of people born overseas has grown significantly in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.6% and 44.6% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish, and German heritage also feature prominently in the community's family histories.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas now make up 13.1% of the population, a figure that rose 9.0 percentage points since 2011. While this is higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%.
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 Collector [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122037/collector/topic/ancestry-heritage