9.7% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Romsey · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Romsey
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than 10% of people in Romsey were born overseas, making it much less diverse than the state and national averages. This is a community where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, a trend that has remained steady for a decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by Australian and English roots, with 42.8% and 42.7% of residents claiming those heritages respectively. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also common, making up 14.1% and 12.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with England and New Zealand as the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Romsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215074/romsey/topic/ancestry-heritage