14.2% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Clunes · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Clunes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 80% of people in Clunes were born in Australia, making it a place with very few overseas-born residents. While the area has a higher proportion of migrants than many similar small towns, it remains far less diverse than the state and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.8% and 39.1% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 13.7% and 12.9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 14.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.1%), followed by England at 4.8% and New Zealand at 1.8%.
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 Clunes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20580/clunes/topic/ancestry-heritage