10.7% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sandfly · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sandfly
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 Sandfly, where 49.1% of people claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of residents identify as English, followed closely by those with Australian ancestry at 44.6%. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, both sitting at 10.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This reflects the local breakdown, where 84.5% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Sandfly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60583/sandfly/topic/ancestry-heritage