10.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Killingworth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Killingworth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.3% of people in Killingworth were born overseas, a figure far below the state and national averages. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most of Victoria. Most residents identify with English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 45.5% and 41.7% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also present, accounting for 14.7% and 13.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas here than in the rest of the country, at just 10.3% compared to the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (82.7%), followed by New Zealand at 4.5% and England 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 Killingworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21350/killingworth/topic/ancestry-heritage