12.7% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Golden Point · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Golden Point
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for overseas births, Golden Point has a population where 80.4% were born in Australia. It is a community with deep colonial roots, with a huge majority of residents claiming English, Australian, Irish or Scottish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 43.1% and Australian at 33.9%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 19.6% and 14.7% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most people here were born in Australia, while the next most common birthplaces are England at 3.6% and India at 1.7%.
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 Golden Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21056/golden-point/topic/ancestry-heritage