18.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goldsborough · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goldsborough
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Goldsborough compared to the rest of the country, with only 18.9% born abroad. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%, reflecting a population with very strong ties to its ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 59.5%, followed by Australian at 24.3% and Scottish at 21.6%. Irish and German heritage are also present, each at 8.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 18.9% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, this figure is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. The vast majority of the population, 78.4%, 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 Goldsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21060/goldsborough/topic/ancestry-heritage