9.1% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Vaughan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Vaughan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Vaughan compared to the rest of the state. While Victoria's overall figure is 30%, only 9.1% of Vaughan's residents were born outside Australia. This reflects a community with very strong ties to its Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry in the area is predominantly British and Irish, with Australian (27.3%), English (23.6%), and Irish (18.2%) being the most common, followed by Italian and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (69.1%), which explains why the 9.1% overseas birth rate is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Vaughan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22623/vaughan/topic/ancestry-heritage