11.0% ▼ -42.8%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Biggenden · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Biggenden
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Biggenden than in the rest of the state, with only 11.0% born abroad. This small figure reflects a population with deep roots in Australia, where English, Australian, and Irish ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 42.0%, followed by Australian at 34.7% and Irish at 11.1%. German and Scottish roots are also present at 7.5% and 7.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen 8.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 11.0%, a figure far below the national average. Most residents were born in Australia (74.9%), with smaller numbers from England, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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 Biggenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321012/biggenden/topic/ancestry-heritage