9.8% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Buffalo River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Buffalo River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common in Buffalo River, where nearly 39% of people identify with each group. This area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian backgrounds lead the way at 38.6% and 38.2% respectively. Other common ancestries include Italian at 16.8%, Irish at 15.1%, and Scottish at 9.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (80.7%), followed by small numbers from England and Italy at 1.8% each.
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 Buffalo River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20376/buffalo-river/topic/ancestry-heritage