8.0% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Buchan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Buchan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents in Buchan were born outside Australia, with only 8% of the population arriving from overseas. This makes the area far less diverse than the state or national average, where most people identify with English, Australian, or Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 47.3%, followed by Australian (29.9%), Irish (16.9%), and Scottish (14.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (75.1%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.5%.
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 Buchan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20366/buchan/topic/ancestry-heritage