11.3% ▲ +12.2%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff than in most other similar areas. This is a community with deep roots in Australia and the UK, where 81.8% of the population were born locally.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.5%, followed by Australian at 35.2% and Irish at 17.6%. Scottish (16.6%) and German (3.9%) roots also feature in the local breakdown.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen slightly by 1.2 percentage points since 2011, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.0%.
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 Point Lonsdale - Queenscliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/203031052/point-lonsdale-queenscliff/topic/ancestry-heritage