9.4% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Benloch · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Benloch
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Benloch than in the rest of the country, with only 9.4% of residents born outside Australia. This makes the area much more likely to be home to Australian-born residents than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by Australian and English roots, who make up 35.5% and 34.8% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish and German heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 9.4% of residents born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (73.2%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 8.7%.
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 Benloch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20212/benloch/topic/ancestry-heritage