7.6% ▲ +9.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Skipton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Skipton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deeply rooted European heritage defines daily life in Skipton, where nearly half the population claims Australian ancestry. The community is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 43.2% and 40.2% of the population respectively, followed by Irish (18.2%) and Scottish (14.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.6% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%) figures. Most people here were born in Australia (82.3%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.4%.
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 Skipton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22290/skipton/topic/ancestry-heritage