9.2% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
East Bairnsdale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in East Bairnsdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.2% of people in East Bairnsdale were born overseas, which is far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other parts of Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 39.6% and 37.2% of the population. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also prominent, at 10.4% and 9.4% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, at 75.3%. This is far below the 30% figure for Victoria and 27.7% for Australia, reflecting a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than most areas.
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 East Bairnsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20827/east-bairnsdale/topic/ancestry-heritage