21.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Avalon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Avalon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than one in five people in Avalon were born overseas, a figure much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the levels seen across Victoria and Australia, the area remains diverse with residents hailing from a variety of backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 35.7% and English at 33.7%, followed by Scottish, German, and Irish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well below the state figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. After Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, Vietnam, China, and India.
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 Avalon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20085/avalon/topic/ancestry-heritage