7.6% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sea Lake · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sea Lake
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Sea Lake than in most similar areas. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up over 84% of the population. This gives the town a very strong connection to its colonial roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.6%, followed closely by Australian at 41.8%. Irish and Scottish roots are also frequent, cited by 14.1% and 11.1% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.6% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (84.8%), with small numbers from South Africa, England and Nepal.
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 Sea Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22246/sea-lake/topic/ancestry-heritage