6.1% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Granite Rock · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Granite Rock
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A tiny fraction of people in Granite Rock were born overseas, creating a massive gap compared to the rest of the country. Only 6.1% of residents arrived from another country, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much more homogeneous than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, accounting for 46.4% and 45.6% of residents respectively. Scottish, Irish, and German roots also make up smaller portions of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people in Granite Rock were born in Australia, at 89.7%. This is far below the 30% seen in Victoria, with England being the only other country of birth represented at 3.8%.
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 Granite Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21088/granite-rock/topic/ancestry-heritage