7.3% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greta · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greta
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Greta than in most similar areas. This small community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong presence of English, Scottish, and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 45.2% and 42.3%, followed by Scottish at 11.2% and Irish at 11.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.3% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has fallen since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia, with England and New Zealand 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 Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115070/greta/topic/ancestry-heritage