6.8% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kingston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Kingston than in most similar areas. This small community is predominantly Australian-born, with only 6.8% of residents arriving from another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.6%, followed by Australian at 28.4%, Scottish at 19.5%, and Irish at 18.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Around 79.5% of the population was born in Australia, while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.2%.
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21364/kingston/topic/ancestry-heritage