12.7% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sale · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About the same as other similar areas, Sale has a population with a strong connection to its British roots. The area is overwhelmingly Australian and English in its heritage, with most residents born within the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 40.9% and 42.4% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 11.4% and 10.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of people in Sale were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. While this number rose 1.3 points since 2011, the most common birthplaces after Australia are England, New Zealand and India.
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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2015/sale/topic/ancestry-heritage