13.0% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Allendale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Allendale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Allendale than in the rest of Victoria. Only 13% of residents were born in another country, which is much lower than the state and national figures. This area is largely made up of people with English and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.5% and 35.7% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also frequent, while Italian ancestry is seen in 6.5% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the Australian figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (80.5%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.9%.
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 Allendale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20029/allendale/topic/ancestry-heritage