12.3% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Stony Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Stony Creek compared to the rest of the state, with only 12.3% of the population born abroad. Most residents share deep roots in the British Isles, particularly through Australian, English, and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 44.5% and 41.0% respectively, followed by Irish at 16.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (83.2%), with England and New Zealand as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22364/stony-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage