8.3% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carapooee · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carapooee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strongly rooted local origins define Carapooee, where 91.7% of people were born in Australia. This makes it far less diverse than the rest of the state, with the vast majority of residents claiming Australian or English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here identify as Australian (56.7%) or English (36.7%), with a smaller group claiming Scottish ancestry at 11.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria and much lower than most other areas. Outside of those born in Australia, England is the only other birthplace recorded.
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 Carapooee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20481/carapooee/topic/ancestry-heritage