28.0% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ashburton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ashburton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Ashburton than in most similar areas. While English and Australian ancestries are the most common, there is a strong Chinese influence in the local mix, with 13.6% of residents claiming that heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 31.1%, followed closely by Australian at 29.3%. Other common backgrounds include Chinese (13.6%), Irish (12.9%) and Scottish (10.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 28% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are China (5.8%), England (2.9%) and India (2.1%).
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 Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20077/ashburton/topic/ancestry-heritage