15.7% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3218, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3218, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root for people in postcode 3218, where 39.2% of residents claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born and has a strong British and Irish heritage. This creates a profile that is far less diverse than the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most frequent at 39.2% and 35.0%, followed by Irish at 16.5% and Scottish at 13.4%. Italian heritage is also present for 6.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 15.7% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 30.0% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. While this has risen 1.5 percentage points since 2011, 80.8% of the population were 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 3218, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3218/3218-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage