6.1% ▲ +76.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brim · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brim
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.1% of people in Brim were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small town is predominantly Australian-born, with an ancestry profile rooted heavily in English and Scottish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 43.1% and 41.4%, followed by Scottish at 14.9% and German at 7.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-overseas residents make up just 6.1% of the population, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. While 81.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are the Philippines at 2.8% and England at 2.2%.
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 Brim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20339/brim/topic/ancestry-heritage