18.4% ▲ +54.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Smiths Beach · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Smiths Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increasing number of overseas-born residents now live in Smiths Beach, where 18.4% of people were born abroad. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure. The community is primarily defined by strong roots in the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.1%, followed by Australian (27.0%), Irish (20.3%), and Scottish (11.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 78.4% of people were born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose by 6.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 18.4%. This figure is far below the 30% seen across Victoria.
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 Smiths Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222085/smiths-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage