0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
St Helens Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in St Helens Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost no one was born overseas in St Helens Plains, making it much less diverse than most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong ancestral pull toward English and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half the population claims English ancestry, followed by Australian at 35.0%. Other common ancestral roots include Scottish, Irish and German, each making up between 12.5% and 15.0% of the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the 30.0% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. This is reflected in the birth statistics, where 92.5% of people were born in Australia.
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 St Helens Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22341/st-helens-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage