21.7% ▲ +84.2%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3494, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3494, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background for people in postcode 3494, making up 37.6% of the population. While the area has seen a significant increase in people born overseas, it remains much more Australian-born than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The strongest roots are Australian (37.6%) and English (35.1%), followed by Scottish (9.5%), Irish (6.2%) and German (3.7%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.7% of residents were born overseas, a figure that rose 9.9 percentage points since 2011. Despite this growth, this is well below the national figure of 27.7%, with 67.2% of the population born in Australia.
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 3494, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3494/3494-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage