30.0% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eighty Mile Beach · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eighty Mile Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in three people in Eighty Mile Beach were born overseas, which is much higher than in most other areas. This creates a diverse mix of backgrounds in the region, though the majority of residents are still born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.8%, followed by Australian at 32.5%. Other notable ancestral roots include Irish and German, both at 9.2%, and Italian at 6.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 30.0% of the population was born outside Australia, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. While 57.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 8.3% and New Zealand at 5.0%.
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 Eighty Mile Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50477/eighty-mile-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage