16.0% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Surf Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of residents born overseas have moved to Surf Beach since 2011. While British and Irish roots remain common, the area is now more diverse than it was a decade ago. Currently, about 16% of the population was born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian (41.3%) or English (37.8%) ancestry, followed by Irish (15.2%) and Scottish (11.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 16% of people born overseas is higher than in most similar areas, though this is still far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (76.4%), with England (5.1%) being the most common overseas birthplace.
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 Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22398/surf-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage