12.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bambra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bambra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower proportion of people in Bambra were born overseas compared to the rest of the country, with only 12.2% born outside Australia. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplaces than both Victoria and the national average. Most residents share a strong link to British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.5%, followed by Australian at 38.3%. Other common roots include Scottish, German, and Irish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. About 80.9% of the population were born in Australia, with England and New Zealand as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Bambra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20127/bambra/topic/ancestry-heritage