8.4% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3890, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3890, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in postcode 3890, where 43% of people claim this heritage. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of the population arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian backgrounds are the most frequent, making up 43% and 31.9% of residents. Scottish, Irish and German ancestries also feature prominently, accounting for 14%, 12.5% and 6.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian and national averages. This proportion has fallen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011, with 77.6% of the population born in Australia.
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 3890, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3890/3890-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage