10.3% ▲ +36.5%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Colac Otway · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Colac Otway
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas in Colac Otway compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.3% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well below the Victorian average. The area is predominantly characterized by people of English, Australian, Irish and Scottish descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 40.8% and 40.3% of the population respectively. Irish ancestry is also significant at 15.4%, followed by Scottish at 12.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the number of overseas-born residents rose 2.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 10.3%, this is still far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria. Most people here were born in Australia (82.7%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, New Zealand, China and the Philippines.
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 Colac Otway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21750/colac-otway/topic/ancestry-heritage