5.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Golden Point · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few people born overseas live in Golden Point, making it a community with very deep local roots. Most residents identify with British and Australian heritage, with 74.5% claiming English or Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.1%, followed by Australian at 30.4% and Scottish at 19.6%. Other notable groups include Irish at 13.7% and German at 4.9%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.9% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. This is much lower than most areas, with 78.4% of the population born in Australia.
5.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
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/SAL21057/golden-point/topic/ancestry-heritage