18.6% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Borung · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Borung
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Borung since 2011. While most people here claim English or Australian roots, South Africans make up a notably large part of the local population. This gives the area a different profile to many other rural districts.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 44.1% and 32.2% of residents. Scottish, Irish and German roots follow at 15.3%, 6.8% and 5.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 18.6% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is well below the 27.7% national figure, and it's especially clear that South Africans are a key group here, accounting for 11.9% of the community.
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 Borung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20305/borung/topic/ancestry-heritage