13.1% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Clematis · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Clematis
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 13.1% of people in Clematis were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. This makes the community far less diverse than both the state and national figures. Most residents share a strong British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the population identifies as Australian, while 35.5% claim English ancestry. Scottish, Irish, and German heritage are also common, making up a combined 27.6% of the group.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Australia is the birthplace for 84.9% of people, with small numbers from New Zealand and England.
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 Clematis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20572/clematis/topic/ancestry-heritage