12.4% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3640, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3640, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.4% of people in postcode 3640 were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. Most residents identify with roots in the British Isles, though the area has seen a small increase in overseas-born residents over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 44.5% and 35.0% of the population respectively, followed by Irish and Scottish at 10% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 77.4% of people were born in Australia, the overseas-born population rose 3.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12.4%. This is far below the 30% seen across Victoria, with the Philippines being the most common birthplace outside Australia at 2.6%.
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 3640, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3640/3640-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage