5.7% ▲ +25.1%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3490, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3490, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in postcode 3490, where 43.7% of people claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with a very small proportion of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the second most common at 35.5%, followed by Irish at 11.3% and Scottish at 10.8%. German ancestry accounts for 5.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 1.1 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 3490, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3490/3490-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage