10.4% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Beaufort · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Beaufort
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 Beaufort, where nearly 46% of people claim English roots. This heritage, along with Australian, Irish and Scottish roots, shapes a community with deep traditional ties. Most residents were born in Australia, and very few were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (46.1%) and Australian (39.9%) are the dominant ancestries here. Other common roots include Irish (12.4%) and Scottish (12.2%), while German ancestry accounts for 3.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.4% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 30% seen in Victoria and 27.7% across Australia. This proportion has fallen 2.3 percentage points since 2011, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia (79.2%).
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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215011/beaufort/topic/ancestry-heritage