11.9% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brit Brit · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 91% of people in Brit Brit were born in Australia, making it far less diverse in birthplace than most of the state. While the area has a strong Australian and English heritage, there is also a notable Filipino presence in its ancestry records.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 45.2% and 33.3% of the population. Other significant groups include Scottish (21.4%), German (19.0%), and Filipino (11.9%) backgrounds.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian rate of 30.0%.
11.9% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Brit Brit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20344/brit-brit/topic/ancestry-heritage