8.7% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Simpson · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Simpson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Simpson than in the rest of the state, with only 8.7% born abroad. Most residents identify with traditional British and Irish roots, which helps explain why the vast majority of the population was born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (44.1%) and English (38.9%), followed by Irish (10.8%) and Scottish (9.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of people 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 (82.3%), while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.6%.
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 Simpson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22283/simpson/topic/ancestry-heritage