15.3% ▲ +75.9%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
St Andrews · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in St Andrews
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people in St Andrews were born overseas than in most similar areas. While 15.3% of the population was born abroad, the area remains much more Australian-born than the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian and English, both at 42.1%, followed by Scottish (16.6%) and Irish (13.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas rose 6.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.3%. This is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the Australian figure of 27.7%, with 75.3% of residents born in 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 St Andrews [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222086/st-andrews/topic/ancestry-heritage