9.0% ▲ +27.7%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3302, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3302, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small but steady rise in overseas births has occurred in postcode 3302, where 9% of people were born abroad. While the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, it is far less diverse than the rest of Victoria and the nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, accounting for 43.5% and 40.2% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish and German roots are also prominent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian and national averages, though it rose 1.9 percentage points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (82.3%), followed by England and New Zealand.
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 3302, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3302/3302-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage