14.6% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Diamond Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Diamond Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people in Diamond Creek were born overseas than in most similar areas. While 14.6% of residents arrived from another country, this is still far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most people here share British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.4%, followed closely by Australian at 37.8%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, at 13.3% and 11.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, accounting for 83.2%. Of those born overseas, the most common birthplace is England at 3.8%, which is far below the Victorian average of 30%.
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 Diamond Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20752/diamond-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage