12.8% ▲ +59.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sale · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Sale in 2021 than in 2011, with the share rising by 4.8 percentage points to reach 12.8%. While the area is becoming more diverse, it remains much more Australian-born than the state and national averages. British and Irish roots remain the most common ancestral links for residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 42% and 40.9% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish heritage are also frequent, accounting for 11.6% and 10.9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 12.8% of residents born overseas is higher than in most similar areas, though this is far below the Victorian figure of 30%. Most people were born in Australia (81.3%), followed by England at 2.8% and India at 1.1%.
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/ucl/UCL213013/sale/topic/ancestry-heritage