10.3% ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sunset Strip · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sunset Strip
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 10.3% of people in Sunset Strip were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This small overseas-born population has grown slightly since 2011. Most residents identify with English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 44.7% and 43.2% of the population respectively. Irish ancestry is also notable at 15.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state figure of 30.0%, though it rose by 1.9 percentage points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (83.1%), followed by England (4.5%) and the Philippines (2.3%).
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 Sunset Strip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221068/sunset-strip/topic/ancestry-heritage