7.0% ▲ +7.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carisbrook · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carisbrook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7% of people in Carisbrook were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse than most other parts of the country, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 48.5% and 45.8% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, representing 12.4% and 10.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 86.7% of residents were born in Australia, a figure that is far below the Victorian average. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 2.7%, followed by small numbers from New Zealand and Italy.
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 Carisbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20492/carisbrook/topic/ancestry-heritage