8.8% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Killarney · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Killarney
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Killarney (L), where 43.4% of people claim these roots. This British and Irish heritage shapes the local identity, with a large majority of residents tracing their family history to Europe.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 43.4% and 40.6% of the population. Irish and Scottish heritage also feature strongly at 14.5% and 11.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7%. This proportion rose slightly from 7.7% in 2011, with most of the overseas-born population coming from England and New Zealand.
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 Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321060/killarney/topic/ancestry-heritage