21.7% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Victoria · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Victoria
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 46% of people in Mount Victoria claim English ancestry, the most common heritage in the area. This reflects a population with deep roots in the British Isles, alongside a significant number of residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, followed by Irish at 16.5% and Scottish at 14.1%. German ancestry is also present for 6.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 21.7% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (75.8%), with England (8.0%) and New Zealand (3.0%) being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Mount Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12808/mount-victoria/topic/ancestry-heritage