32.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Grosses Plain · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Grosses Plain
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Grosses Plain than in the rest of the state. About 32.4% of the population grew up outside Australia, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This overseas influence is particularly strong compared to other similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British and Australian roots are the most common, with 44.1% of people claiming Australian ancestry, followed by English at 41.2%, Scottish at 11.8% and Irish at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 76.5% of residents were born in Australia, the area has a very high proportion of overseas births. This is driven largely by people born in South Africa (23.5%) and England (20.6%).
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 Grosses Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11793/grosses-plain/topic/ancestry-heritage