10.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Buckland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Buckland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Buckland than in the rest of the state, with only 10.9% born abroad. This highlights a strong local identity where the vast majority of residents have Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim English ancestry, while 42.9% identify as Australian. Scottish, Irish and German roots are also common.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (87.2%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.1%.
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 Buckland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20368/buckland/topic/ancestry-heritage