6.9% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Armstrong Beach · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Armstrong Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Armstrong Beach than in the rest of the country. Only 6.9% of the population was born outside Australia, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (47%), English (36.8%), and Scottish (10%). Irish and German backgrounds also make up a smaller part of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011 to just 6.9%. Most residents were born in Australia (82.2%), with small numbers coming from England, New Zealand, South Africa, and China.
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 Armstrong Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321005/armstrong-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage