0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Selwyn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Selwyn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost no one born overseas lives in Selwyn, making it much less diverse than most other areas. The vast majority of residents here have Australian or English roots, with the typical person identifying as Australian.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common, accounting for 40% of the population, while English ancestry is found in 12% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Selwyn was born overseas, a figure far below the 22.7% seen in Queensland and the 27.7% national average. Most of the population was born in Australia.
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 Selwyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32535/selwyn/topic/ancestry-heritage