13.3% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Armstrong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Armstrong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 13.3% of people in Armstrong were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This highlights a community with very deep roots in Australia, where the vast majority of residents were born within the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.8%, followed by Australian at 30% and Irish at 21.1%. Scottish and German heritage are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below both the Victorian figure (30%) and the national figure (27.7%). Most people here were born in Australia (81.1%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 4.4%.
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 Armstrong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20067/armstrong/topic/ancestry-heritage