3.8% ▲ +67.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brimpaen · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brimpaen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 3.8% of people in Brimpaen were born overseas, making it a community with very few international arrivals. This is far below the national figure, with the vast majority of residents tracing their roots back to traditional British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, while 47.5% identify as English. Other common roots include Irish (21.3%) and Scottish (15.0%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most people were born in Australia (72.5%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5%.
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 Brimpaen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20342/brimpaen/topic/ancestry-heritage