9.5% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Staffordshire Reef · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Staffordshire Reef
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots and a strong connection to British heritage shape the identity of Staffordshire Reef. Most people here trace their family history back to the British Isles, with over half the population claiming English, Scottish, or Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 34.9%, followed by Australian at 30.2% and Scottish at 15.9%. Irish heritage is also common, accounting for 7.9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.5% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This means a huge majority of the population, 73.0%, was 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 Staffordshire Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22348/staffordshire-reef/topic/ancestry-heritage