8.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Avoca
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.2% of people in Avoca were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than most other parts of the country. Most residents identify with traditional British and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 39.4% and English at 38.5%. Scottish (16.3%) and Irish (15.4%) roots are also common here.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 82.7% of the population born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than in most other areas. Only 1.4% of people were born in England and another 1.4% in New Zealand.
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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10114/avoca/topic/ancestry-heritage