6.4% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Devereux Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Devereux Creek
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 Devereux Creek compared to the rest of the country, with only 6.4% born outside Australia. This makes the area much more homogenous than the national average, with most residents tracing their roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 47.5%, followed by English at 32.8%, while Irish and Scottish ancestries both sit at 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 82% of residents born in Australia, the overseas-born population is far below the national figure of 27.7%. New Zealand is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 2.2%.
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 Devereux Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30835/devereux-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage