16.5% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Grass Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Grass Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deep roots in British and Irish heritage shape daily life in Grass Valley, where over 60% of residents claim English, Scottish, or Irish ancestry. While many locals were born here, the area has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 50.6% and English at 34.2%, followed by Scottish (13.9%) and Irish (12.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.5% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is far below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (76.6%), with England and New Zealand both at 8.9%.
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 Grass Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50578/grass-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage