9.3% ▲ +24.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Faraday · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Faraday
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Half of the people in Faraday claim Australian ancestry, which is the most common background here. The area is predominantly born in Australia and has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English backgrounds are the most frequent, making up 50% and 39.7% of the population respectively. Irish (16.5%), Scottish (11.3%), and Italian (4.1%) ancestries also feature in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). This is lower than most areas, with 84% of people born in Australia and 4.1% born in New Zealand.
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 Faraday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20907/faraday/topic/ancestry-heritage