8.4% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greta South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greta South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Irish heritage shapes the daily life of Greta South, where 45% of people claim English ancestry. This heritage is paired with a very high proportion of Australian-born residents, making the area much more homogenous than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, followed by Irish at 16.8% and Scottish at 11.5%. A smaller number of residents, 3.8%, identify as Dutch.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population, 86.3%, was 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 Greta South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21109/greta-south/topic/ancestry-heritage