8.8% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cardinia · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cardinia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 8.8% of people in Cardinia were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in its birthplaces than most other parts of Australia. The community is predominantly Australian-born, with strong ancestral ties to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (40.9%) or English (32.7%) ancestry. Scottish and Irish roots are also common, accounting for 14.0% and 11.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian average of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Around 82.7% of people were born in Australia, followed by 2.9% from New Zealand.
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 Cardinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20487/cardinia/topic/ancestry-heritage