6.7% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3278, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3278, VIC
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 residents in postcode 3278 since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia, with only 6.7% born overseas. This makes the area far less diverse than the rest of the state or nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the population identifies as Australian, while the next most common ancestries are English at 30.9%, Irish at 16.3%, and Scottish at 10.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (85.1%), with New Zealand being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.3%.
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 3278, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3278/3278-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage