11.5% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Buckrabanyule · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Buckrabanyule
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Buckrabanyule than in the rest of the country, with only 11.5% of residents born abroad. This small overseas-born group contributes to a population with very strong traditional ties to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common here, making up 40.4% and 38.5% of the population respectively. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also significant, accounting for 19.2% and 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 11.5%, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the Victoria figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 76.9% of the population.
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 Buckrabanyule [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20371/buckrabanyule/topic/ancestry-heritage