13.4% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in the Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula, where 43.7% of people claim this background. The area has a very high proportion of residents born in Australia compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, followed by Irish at 15.5% and Scottish at 13.5%. German ancestry is also present for 4.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.4% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. While this has risen slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2011, the vast majority of residents were 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 Surf Coast - Bellarine Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20303/surf-coast-bellarine-peninsula/topic/ancestry-heritage