10.1% ▲ +30.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Newington · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Newington
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.1% of people in Newington were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This makes the area much more home-grown than the national average. Most residents here identify with British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.9%, followed closely by Australian at 39.7%. Other common roots include Irish (20.7%), Scottish (12.9%), and German (5.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 86.8% of people were born in Australia, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30.0% and the national 27.7%. For those born overseas, England is the most common birthplace at 1.7%, followed by India and New Zealand.
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 Newington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21929/newington/topic/ancestry-heritage