7.9% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3400, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3400, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in postcode 3400 than in the rest of Victoria. Only 7.9% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a huge gap compared to the state's 30% figure. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 41.2% and Australian at 41.0%. Other frequent backgrounds include Scottish, Irish, and German, each making up around 10% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents (86.4%) were born in Australia, meaning the overseas-born population is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While this number rose slightly by 1.6 percentage points since 2011, the most common birthplaces outside Australia are India, England and the Philippines.
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 3400, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3400/3400-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage