13.0% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balnarring - Balnarring Beach · Urban Centre
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach compared to the rest of the country. Only 13% of residents were born abroad, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much more likely to be born in Australia than most other places.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 46.5%, followed by Australian at 39.6%. Scottish and Irish roots are also common, each accounting for around 15% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 79.8% of residents were born in Australia, those born overseas most often come from England (6.3%) and New Zealand (1.4%). The proportion of overseas-born residents has risen slightly since 2011, increasing by 2.1 percentage points.
13.0% ▲ +19.0%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Balnarring - Balnarring Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215007/balnarring-balnarring-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage