5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Speed · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Speed
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Speed, where 32.1% of people claim these roots. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond English roots, many residents identify as Australian (30.2%), Irish (26.4%), or Scottish (15.1%). German ancestry is also present for 9.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.7% of people in Speed were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30.0%. While 79.2% were born in Australia, New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.5%.
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 Speed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22318/speed/topic/ancestry-heritage