2.1% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shannon Vale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shannon Vale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for people in Shannon Vale, with nearly half the population claiming these roots. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, as the vast majority of people here were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 49.0% and 40.6% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (19.6%), Irish (14.0%), and German (10.5%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2.1% of people were born overseas, which is much lower than most areas and far below the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the birthplaces, with 86.0% 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 Shannon Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13541/shannon-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage