10.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carapooee West · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Barely any change has occurred in the roots of the people living in Carapooee West since 2011. The area remains very traditional in its makeup, with the vast majority of residents claiming English or Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 57.5% and 32.5% of the population respectively, while 12.5% of residents claim Irish roots.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population was born in Australia, at 87.5%.
10.0% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Carapooee West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20482/carapooee-west/topic/ancestry-heritage