19.1% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Aspendale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Aspendale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher proportion of people now call Aspendale home compared to previous years, though the area remains much less diverse than the wider state. British and Irish roots dominate the local identity, with the typical resident claiming English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 39.2% and 36.7% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 15.2% and 11.3%, while Italian ancestry accounts for 5.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 19.1% of residents born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is still well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (78.1%), followed by England at 4.4%.
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 Aspendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20079/aspendale/topic/ancestry-heritage