11.5% ▲ +3.3%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
South Gippsland · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in South Gippsland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Barely any change has occurred in the birthplace of South Gippsland residents since 2011, with 11.5% of people born overseas. This reflects a very traditional heritage, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common for the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (43.5%) and Australian (41.6%) are the dominant ancestries here, followed by Scottish (12.3%) and Irish (12.2%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (80.9%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 3.7%.
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 South Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26170/south-gippsland/topic/ancestry-heritage