12.2% ▲ +38.0%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ararat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ararat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.2% of people in Ararat were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. The community is predominantly Australian and British in heritage, though the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (38.4%) or English (37.7%) ancestry, followed by Scottish (11.4%) and Irish (10.2%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the overseas-born population has grown by 3.3 percentage points since 2011, it remains far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. Most people here were born in Australia (82.2%), with small numbers from England, New Zealand, and India.
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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011386/ararat/topic/ancestry-heritage