11.6% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Newtown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
British and Irish roots remain the dominant influence on the heritage of Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.), though the overall makeup has shifted slightly since 2011. Most of the population identifies with Australian, English, or Irish ancestry, while the proportion of people born overseas remains quite low.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 48.7%, followed by English at 38.1% and Irish at 10.1%. Other notable groups include Scottish and Dutch ancestry, which make up 4.8% and 4.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. About 73.0% of residents were born in Australia, with England being 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 Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21937/newtown/topic/ancestry-heritage