14.0% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brunswick · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brunswick
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Brunswick, where nearly half of the population claims this background. The area is predominantly Australian-born, though it has a higher share of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry leads the group at 48.5%, followed by Australian at 39.6%. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 9.5%, Italian at 9.3%, and Scottish at 6.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the figures for Western Australia and Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (78.1%), with England (5%), New Zealand (2.6%) and Italy (1.4%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Brunswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50197/brunswick/topic/ancestry-heritage