12.9% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goongerah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goongerah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Goongerah, where nearly half of the residents claim this background. Most people here were born in Australia, and the area has a far lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the rest of Victoria.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.2%, followed by Australian (22.6%), Irish (19.4%), and Scottish (16.1%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia, with New Zealand being the most common overseas birthplace.
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 Goongerah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21065/goongerah/topic/ancestry-heritage