9.8% ▲ +40.4%
Lower than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3280, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3280, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just under 10% of people in postcode 3280 were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This area is dominated by those with English and Australian ancestry, making it much less diverse in birth and heritage than most of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 41%, followed by Australian at 38.9% and Irish at 18.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below Victoria's 30% and Australia's 27.7%. While this remains low compared to most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
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 3280, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3280/3280-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage