13.1% ▲ +15.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Seaspray · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Seaspray
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Seaspray, where 38.6% of people claim these roots. The area is predominantly Australian-born and has a strong connection to British and Irish heritage. This heritage is mirrored in the birthplace data, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, accounting for 38.6% and 35.7% of residents. Irish (15.3%) and Scottish (13.9%) roots also feature strongly, with Dutch ancestry making up 8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30%) and Australia (27.7%). While 79.9% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are the Philippines (2.9%) and England (2.7%).
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 Seaspray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22251/seaspray/topic/ancestry-heritage