3.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Buln Buln · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Buln Buln
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Buln Buln claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common background here. This community has a very strong connection to its local roots, with a small proportion of residents born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common at 41%, followed by Irish at 9.8% and Scottish at 8.5%. Dutch heritage is also present for 4.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below both the Victorian (30%) and national (27.7%) averages. The vast majority of the community was born in Australia, while 1.6% were born in England.
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 Buln Buln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20390/buln-buln/topic/ancestry-heritage