4.5% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prospect
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.5% of people in Prospect were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This creates a community where the vast majority of residents are Australian-born, with most tracing their family roots back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English (37.4%), Scottish (12.5%), German (8.0%), and Irish (6.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than most areas, sitting at 4.5%, which is 23 points below the Australian average. Most people here were born in Australia (87.2%), with small numbers from South Africa and England.
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32369/prospect/topic/ancestry-heritage