8.3% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Litchfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Litchfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Litchfield, where 41.7% of people claim these roots. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia and has a very small proportion of overseas arrivals compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Irish and Scottish ancestries are the most frequent, with 41.7%, 25% and 22.2% of residents claiming these backgrounds respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% figure for Victoria and the 27.7% national average. Most of the population was born in Australia, accounting for 80.6% of residents.
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 Litchfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21517/litchfield/topic/ancestry-heritage