15.0% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Finniss · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Finniss
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Finniss, where 50.5% of people claim these roots. This heritage leads a mix of other common backgrounds, including Australian and Scottish, in a place where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
About half of the people here have English ancestry, followed by Australian at 41.3% and Scottish at 11.9%. Other common ancestries include Irish and Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 15.0% of residents were born overseas—which is higher than most similar areas—this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (80.9%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 9.9%.
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 Finniss [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40437/finniss/topic/ancestry-heritage