8.3% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Proston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Proston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.3% of people in Proston were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small community is predominantly Australian-born, with ancestry rooted mostly in English and Australian origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common here, making up 41.7% and 40.0% of the population respectively. German, Irish and Scottish roots also feature in about 10% or less of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than most areas, sitting 19 percentage points below the Australian figure. Most people here were born in Australia, with England as the most common overseas birthplace at 2.4%.
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 Proston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32370/proston/topic/ancestry-heritage