15.9% ▲ +5.6%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sunbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sunbury
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small increase in the share of overseas-born residents has occurred in Sunbury, where 15.9% of people were born abroad. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, though most residents still claim Australian or English roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 38.0% and 37.2% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish, and Italian ancestries follow at 12.5%, 9.8%, and 7.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.9% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian figure of 30.0%. This proportion rose slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2011, with 80.5% of residents born in Australia.
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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210041240/sunbury/topic/ancestry-heritage