7.4% ▲ +11.0%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moyne · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moyne
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Moyne than in most other similar areas. This is a community with deep roots in Australia, where 85.1% of residents were born here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British heritage is common here, with 40.7% of people claiming English ancestry and 19.8% claiming Irish roots. Another 13.3% identify as Scottish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of the population was born overseas, a figure that is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and has barely changed 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 Moyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25490/moyne/topic/ancestry-heritage