10.3% ▲ +23.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Thornton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Thornton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A steady pattern of heritage continues in Thornton, where nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry. This small community remains dominated by traditional British and Irish roots, with very few people born outside of Australia compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 46% and 44.4% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish heritage also feature strongly, at 11.3% and 10.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian rate of 30%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.7%), followed by England at 4.8%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Thornton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Thornton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22510/thornton/topic/ancestry-heritage