24.7% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bean · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bean
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 35% of people in Bean claim English ancestry, the most common heritage in this area. It is a community where English and Australian roots are equally prominent, while about one quarter of the population was born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common at 34.2% each, followed by Irish at 12.1% and Scottish at 10.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 24.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well below the Australian and ACT averages, though it rose 2.9 points since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (72%), with the next most common birthplaces being India, England, the Philippines 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 Bean [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED801/bean/topic/ancestry-heritage