36.1% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Abbotsbury · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of people in Abbotsbury were born overseas, a figure well above the national average. This creates a diverse community where Italian and Australian ancestries are the most common.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Italian ancestry is the most frequent at 23%, followed by Australian at 14.4% and English at 9%. Chinese and Vietnamese ancestries each make up about 4% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 36.1% of residents born overseas is among the highest for similar areas, sitting 8.4 percentage points above the Australian figure. While 61% were born in Australia, Italy and Vietnam are the most common overseas birthplaces.
36.1% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Abbotsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10002/abbotsbury/topic/ancestry-heritage