18.7% ▲ +92.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Saunders Beach · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Saunders Beach
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Saunders Beach, with this group rising by 9 percentage points since 2011. While 18.7% of the population was born abroad, the area remains predominantly shaped by English and Australian ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.8%, followed by Australian (29.6%), Irish (14.5%), Scottish (12.7%) and German (7.0%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 18.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (75.6%), with England (6.0%) and New Zealand (3.9%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Saunders Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322104/saunders-beach/topic/ancestry-heritage