8.7% ▲ +17.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Navigators · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Navigators
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots in British and Irish heritage define the identity of Navigators. While most people here were born in Australia, those with ancestral links to England, Australia, and Ireland make up the vast majority of the community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.9%, followed by Australian at 33.3% and Irish at 20.3%. Other notable ancestral links include Scottish (15.2%) and Italian (5.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national rate of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (87.3%), with small numbers from New Zealand (2.5%) and England (2.2%).
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 Navigators [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21903/navigators/topic/ancestry-heritage