4.6% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3516, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3516, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 4.6% of people in postcode 3516 were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a population that traces its roots primarily to British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 44.0% and English at 43.6%, followed by Irish at 14.7% and Scottish at 12.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and barely changed from 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (85.5%), with small numbers from England, New Zealand and India.
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 3516, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3516/3516-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage