4.9% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Indigo Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Indigo Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Much fewer people were born overseas in Indigo Valley compared to most other areas. This is a community with deep local roots, where 85% of residents were born in Australia and the vast majority identify with British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Irish are the most common ancestries in the area. Nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 38.7% and Irish at 12.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. This makes the area's overseas-born population much lower than most other similar places.
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 Indigo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21230/indigo-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage