7.7% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sailors Gully · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sailors Gully
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Sailors Gully than in most similar areas. Almost 89% of the population was born in Australia, making it far less diverse in birthplace than both Victoria and the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 47.9% and 40.1% of the population. Other notable family roots include Irish (14.5%), Scottish (11.4%), and German (4.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are England (1.6%) and New Zealand (0.7%).
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 Sailors Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22224/sailors-gully/topic/ancestry-heritage