9.3% ▲ +36.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Coleraine · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Coleraine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller proportion of people were born overseas in Coleraine compared to the rest of Victoria. While the state average is 30%, only 9.3% of local residents were born outside Australia, making it much less diverse in birthplace than most other areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 44.2% and 40.2% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent, each making up over 13% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most of the population was born in Australia (80.7%), which is far below the national figure of 27.7% for overseas-born residents. Among those born abroad, England is the most frequent birthplace at 3.1%.
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 Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20614/coleraine/topic/ancestry-heritage