11.6% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3891, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3891, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British and Irish roots define the heritage of postcode 3891, where a small number of overseas-born residents live. Most people here trace their family history back to the UK or Australia, creating a community with very few foreign-born arrivals compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 39.7%, followed by Australian at 29.8% and Scottish at 13.2%. Other significant family roots include Irish at 12.4% and German at 6.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.6% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30.0%. This proportion has fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011, with 70.2% 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 3891, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3891/3891-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage