8.6% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Claretown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Claretown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Claretown than in most similar areas. Only 8.6% of residents arrived from another country, which is much lower than the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 51.4%, followed by Australian and Irish ancestries, which both sit at 28.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia, representing 82.9% of the population. This is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure.
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 Claretown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20565/claretown/topic/ancestry-heritage