11.9% ▲ +10.2%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
East Gippsland · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in East Gippsland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in East Gippsland, where 43.5% of people claim this background. This area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and has a very small overseas-born population compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify with English (43.5%) or Australian (39.4%) ancestry. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also common, making up 11.8% and 10.8% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). This share has risen slightly by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
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 East Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22110/east-gippsland/topic/ancestry-heritage