10.1% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barkers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barkers Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English roots are the most common in Barkers Creek, with both groups making up about 42% of the population. This small area has a very strong connection to these traditional backgrounds, while very few residents were born outside of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian (41.9%) or English (41.7%) ancestry, followed by Scottish (14.4%) and Irish (14.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia (82.3%), with England (3.5%) and New Zealand (1.6%) being 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 Barkers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20141/barkers-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage