12.8% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestry lead the way in Sale, with 42.1% and 40.9% of residents claiming these roots. This reflects a community with deep ties to these traditions, while a much smaller number of people were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English heritage are the most common, followed by Irish (11.6%) and Scottish (11.0%) roots. A smaller group of residents identify as German, at 3.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (81.3%), while the next most common birthplaces are England, India, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22226/sale/topic/ancestry-heritage