10.3% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Acheron · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Acheron
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.3% of people in Acheron were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian and national averages. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with ancestral roots tied strongly to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, with 48.6% and 40.4% of residents respectively. Scottish and Irish roots are also common, making up 20.5% and 14.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (86.3%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 5.5%. This low proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the 30% seen across Victoria.
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 Acheron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20005/acheron/topic/ancestry-heritage