16.1% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Spence · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Spence
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Spence than in most other similar areas. This is a community where 80.4% of residents were born in Australia, leaving only 16.1% born abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries here are Australian at 41.5% and English at 38.9%. Other frequent responses include Irish (14.9%), Scottish (12.9%), and German (4.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the ACT figure of 28.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This share has also fallen slightly since 2011, moving from 17.1% to 16.1%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011025/spence/topic/ancestry-heritage