9.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Anglers Rest · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong roots in traditional British and Irish heritage shape the identity of Anglers Rest. Most residents trace their family lines to Australia, England, Ireland, or Scotland, reflecting a community with very few recent arrivals from overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 19.4%, followed by English, Irish, and Scottish roots, which each make up around 10% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.7% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below both the Victorian (30%) and national (27.7%) averages. This is consistent with the fact that over half of all residents were born in Australia.
9.7% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Anglers Rest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20045/anglers-rest/topic/ancestry-heritage