9.8% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Beaufort · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Beaufort
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people in Beaufort now identify with their ancestral roots than in 2011, though the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born. With 81.9% of residents born in Australia, the community's heritage is rooted deeply in English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.4% and 42.3% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, representing 12.9% and 11.7% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia, accounting for 4.2% of the population.
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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20181/beaufort/topic/ancestry-heritage