11.9% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Newfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Newfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for people in Newfield, where 52.5% of residents claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with only 11.9% of the population born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British roots are strong here, with Scottish (23.7%) and Irish (18.6%) ancestry following English and Australian backgrounds. No residents reported Chinese ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 93.2% were born in Australia, New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.8%.
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 Newfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21926/newfield/topic/ancestry-heritage