7.8% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Enfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Enfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of Australian and British heritage shapes daily life in Enfield, where 83% of residents claim Australian or English ancestry. This is a place with deep ancestral ties to the UK, reflecting a population that is far less diverse in birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as Australian (46.2%) or English (36.8%), followed by Irish (13.4%) and Scottish (9.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria. The vast majority of the population, 85.0%, were born in Australia.
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 Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20872/enfield/topic/ancestry-heritage