16.3% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barkly · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much smaller share of people were born overseas in Barkly compared to the rest of the state. While 16.3% of residents were born abroad, this is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. Most residents identify with English or Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.9%, followed by Australian at 34.7%. Irish and German ancestries each account for 6.1% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the national figure of 27.7%, and 69.4% of residents were born in Australia.
16.3% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Barkly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20142/barkly/topic/ancestry-heritage