15.1% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bass Coast · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bass Coast
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries dominate the family trees of Bass Coast, with 81.6% of people claiming one of these two roots. This heritage is reflected in the local birthplace data, where the vast majority of residents were born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.4%, followed by Australian at 38.2%. Irish and Scottish roots are also significant, each accounting for over 12% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.1% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the state and national averages. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with 77.3% of the population 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 Bass Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20740/bass-coast/topic/ancestry-heritage