20.7% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kilsyth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kilsyth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much lower share of people were born overseas in Kilsyth compared to the rest of Victoria and Australia. While 20.7% of residents were born abroad, this is well below the state and national figures. The area is predominantly shaped by traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 41.0% and 38.3% of the population. Irish and Scottish backgrounds also feature strongly at 10.3% and 10.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people here were born in Australia (76.3%), which helps explain why the overseas-born population is much lower than in the wider state. Among those born abroad, England is the most common birthplace at 4.3%.
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 Kilsyth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21354/kilsyth/topic/ancestry-heritage