9.5% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Garfield · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Garfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The proportion of overseas-born residents in Garfield has fallen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011. Only 9.5% of people here were born outside Australia, making it a place with a much lower overseas-born population than most other areas. This low figure is far below the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (47.7%) or English (40.5%) ancestry, followed by Irish at 13.1% and Scottish at 8.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. The vast majority were born in Australia (83.7%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
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 Garfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215035/garfield/topic/ancestry-heritage