10.5% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3641, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3641, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people born overseas now live in postcode 3641 than in 2011, with the share falling to 10.5%. This is a community with deep roots in Australia, where the vast majority of residents claim English, Australian, or Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.9%, followed by Australian at 41.2% and Irish at 11.7%. Scottish and German heritage are also present, accounting for 9.4% and 3.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Nearly 80% of the population was born in Australia, and the overseas-born group has shrunk by 1.7 percentage 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 3641, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3641/3641-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage