5.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Edgecombe · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Edgecombe
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Edgecombe compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.8% of residents were born outside Australia, which is far below the figures for Victoria and the rest of the country. This creates a community with very few international birthplaces.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area claim Australian (53.4%) or English (36.9%) ancestry. Other common roots include Irish at 19.4%, Scottish at 10.7%, and German at 5.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents, 92.2%, were born in Australia. This means Edgecombe has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than most other 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 Edgecombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20845/edgecombe/topic/ancestry-heritage