9.2% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brays Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brays Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Brays Creek than in the rest of the state. Only 9.2% of the population were born abroad, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a community with a very strong Australian-born majority.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 51.3%, followed by Australian at 31.1% and Irish at 21%. Other notable groups include Scottish at 16.8% and Italian at 5.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 79.8% of residents were born in Australia, and the area has a much lower share of overseas-born people than most other areas. Outside of Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 6.7%.
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 Brays Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10550/brays-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage