6.3% ▲ +13.8%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3646, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3646, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots defines postcode 3646, where the vast majority of people trace their heritage back to Britain and Ireland. With 84.2% of residents born in Australia, the area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (43.9%) and English (40.1%), followed by Irish at 15.6% and Scottish at 14.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.3% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This has barely changed since 2011, when the overseas-born population was 5.6%.
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 3646, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3646/3646-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage