12.7% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3850, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3850, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A slight rise in the number of overseas-born residents has seen 12.7% of people in postcode 3850 born outside Australia. While this is a small increase since 2011, the area remains much more likely to be born in Australia than the state or national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (42.4%) and English (40.9%), followed by Irish at 11.4% and Scottish at 10.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (81.4%), with England being the next most common birthplace at 2.8%.
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 3850, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3850/3850-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage