28.5% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Beaconsfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Beaconsfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
European heritage is a strong part of daily life in Beaconsfield, where nearly 40% of residents claim English ancestry. This mix of roots is seen in a community where over a quarter of people were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 39.8%, followed by Australian at 27.9%. Italian, Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, each making up between 11% and 14% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 28.5% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national average. While 67.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (7.9%) and Italy (3.9%).
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 Beaconsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50086/beaconsfield/topic/ancestry-heritage