6.5% ▲ +16.1%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Buloke · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Buloke
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Buloke, where 41.3% of people claim this background. This area has a very strong connection to its roots, with a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage is also very common at 39.1%, while Irish and Scottish ancestries make up 16.1% and 13.3% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, with 83.7% 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 Buloke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21270/buloke/topic/ancestry-heritage