0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Banyan · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Not a single person in Banyan was born overseas, making it much lower than most similar areas. This tiny population is entirely Australian-born, reflecting a local identity rooted in traditional European heritage.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.9%, followed by Irish at 27.3%, English at 22.7%, and Scottish at 18.2%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Every resident in Banyan was born in Australia. This is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Banyan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20134/banyan/topic/ancestry-heritage