10.1% ▲ +12.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bookaar · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bookaar
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Bookaar compared to the rest of the state. While 30% of Victorians were born abroad, only 10.1% of people in Bookaar share that experience. This makes the area much more locally born than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English (45.3%), Australian (35.2%), or Irish (22%) ancestry. Other common roots include Scottish at 11.3% and German at 3.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia (84.3%). For those born overseas, New Zealand (3.8%) and England (2.5%) are the most common origins.
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 Bookaar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20285/bookaar/topic/ancestry-heritage