7.5% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3617, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3617, 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 3617 compared to the rest of the country. Only 7.5% of the population was born abroad, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other Australian regions.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 49.1%, followed by Australian at 33.5% and Irish at 10.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 30.0% and has fallen since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 79.5% of the population.
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 3617, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3617/3617-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage