10.9% ▼ -66.3%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Currarong · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Currarong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong roots in the British Isles shape the identity of Currarong, where nearly half of residents claim English ancestry. Most people here were born in Australia, contributing to a community with a very low proportion of overseas-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.6%, followed by Australian at 37.6% and Irish at 19.6%. Other notable groups include Scottish and Italian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.9% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the New South Wales and national averages. This proportion has dropped sharply by 21 percentage points since 2011, with 83.9% of the population now 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 Currarong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122046/currarong/topic/ancestry-heritage