11.8% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Surf Coast · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Surf Coast
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Surf Coast compared to the rest of the state. Just 11.8% of the population was born outside Australia, which is much lower than the Victorian figure of 30%. This reflects a community with very strong traditional ties to Australia and the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 43.1% and 38.4% of the population. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 15.9% and Scottish at 13.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 82.9% of the population. The proportion of overseas-born residents has barely changed since 2011 and remains far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Surf Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26490/surf-coast/topic/ancestry-heritage