5.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Alvie · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Alvie
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A deep sense of traditional roots defines Alvie, where 83.7% of residents were born in Australia. This is a community with very few overseas arrivals, and the vast majority of people trace their family history back to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.6%, followed by Australian (30.5%), Irish (19.9%) and Scottish (19.1%). Dutch heritage is also present for 3.5% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national average of 27.7%. Aside from Australia, New Zealand is the most common birthplace at 4.3%.
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 Alvie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20038/alvie/topic/ancestry-heritage