22.9% ▲ —
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
American River · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in American River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A surge in overseas arrivals has transformed American River (L), where the proportion of people born abroad climbed 23 percentage points since 2011. The community is now more diverse, though English and Australian ancestries remain the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 50.4%, followed by Australian at 32.9% and Scottish at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.9% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. While this is well below the national figure of 27.7%, England is the most common overseas birthplace at 10.4%.
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 American River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422003/american-river/topic/ancestry-heritage