4.7% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carngham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carngham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Carngham claim Australian ancestry. This is a community with deep roots in the region, where very few residents were born overseas compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 53.2%, followed by English at 39.8%. Other common ancestries include Irish (14.6%), Scottish (12.9%) and Italian (7.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and 27.7% nationally. The vast majority of residents, 88.9%, were born in Australia.
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 Carngham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20499/carngham/topic/ancestry-heritage