6.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stonyford · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Stonyford, where 40% of residents claim this background. The community is largely rooted in local and British origins, with a very small number of people born outside Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with Australian roots, English ancestry is common at 32.3%, while Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also prominent at 18.5% and 16.9% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents, 73.8%, were born in Australia.
6.2% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Stonyford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22365/stonyford/topic/ancestry-heritage