22.4% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3078, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3078, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher share of residents were born overseas in postcode 3078 compared to most similar areas. While 22.4% of people here were born outside Australia, this figure is still well below the state and national levels.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 33.3% and Australian at 28.7%. Irish, Scottish, and Italian ancestries also make up significant shares of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011. This is well below the Victorian average of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 74.1% of residents born in Australia.
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 3078, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3078/3078-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage