15.8% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Flaxley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Flaxley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Flaxley than in the rest of Australia, with only 15.8% of residents born abroad. This is well below the state and national figures, reflecting a population rooted mostly in traditional British and European heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for about 38% of the population. German heritage is also prominent at 15.8%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 75.7% of people in Flaxley were born in Australia. While the share of overseas-born residents is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national average of 27.7%, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 7.9%.
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 Flaxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40445/flaxley/topic/ancestry-heritage