33.0% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Balaclava · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Balaclava
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of residents in Balaclava were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This creates a diverse community where 33% of people come from outside Australia, well above the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 30.4%, followed by Australian at 24.3% and Irish at 12.8%. Scottish and Italian heritages also feature, making up 9.8% and 4.8% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A total of 33% of people were born overseas, which is well above the 30% seen across Victoria. While 60.3% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (4.7%), India (2.9%), and New Zealand (2.6%).
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 Balaclava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20105/balaclava/topic/ancestry-heritage