5.3% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bessiebelle · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bessiebelle
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.3% of people in Bessiebelle were born overseas, making it a place with very few foreign-born residents. Most people here identify with British and Irish roots, with nearly half the population claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 47.8%, followed by English at 37.2%, Irish at 12.4%, and Scottish and German both at 9.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.6%), with New Zealand (6.2%) and England (2.7%) 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 Bessiebelle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20225/bessiebelle/topic/ancestry-heritage