17.7% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mornington Peninsula · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mornington Peninsula
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in the Mornington Peninsula than in the state or national average. English and Australian are the most common ancestral backgrounds here, with 82.6% of residents claiming one of these two roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.2%, followed by Australian at 37.4%. Irish and Scottish roots are also frequent, making up 12.5% and 12.2% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.7% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This has barely changed since 2011, when the rate was 18.2%.
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 Mornington Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21402/mornington-peninsula/topic/ancestry-heritage