12.7% ▲ +8.6%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller proportion of people were born overseas in Sale compared to the rest of the state. Only 12.7% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30%. This creates a community where the vast majority of people have local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 42.4% and 40.9% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, accounting for 11.4% and 10.9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 12.7% of people in Sale were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7%. While this rose slightly by 1 point since 2011, the most common birthplaces remain Australia (81.4%), England (2.8%), and New Zealand (1.0%).
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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051103/sale/topic/ancestry-heritage