5.3% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Flynn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Flynn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of heritage defines Flynn, where almost half of the people claim Australian ancestry. The community is very traditional in its roots, with the vast majority of residents born here or in other English-speaking nations.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is most common at 49.5%, followed by English at 35.1%. Scottish, Irish, and German roots also feature strongly in the local family histories.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national 27.7%. This low proportion of overseas births is reflected in the fact that 81.4% of residents 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 Flynn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20933/flynn/topic/ancestry-heritage