7.5% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Birchip · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Birchip
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few changes have occurred in the cultural makeup of Birchip since 2011, remaining a community with deep roots in the UK and Ireland. While 83.7% of residents were born in Australia, the area maintains a strong connection to its European heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian (42.8%) and English (36.5%), followed by Irish (18.2%) and Scottish (12.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30%) and Australia (27.7%). Outside of those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are India (2%) and New Zealand (1.2%).
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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20244/birchip/topic/ancestry-heritage