8.6% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Inverleigh · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Inverleigh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people in Inverleigh now claim a diverse mix of ancestral roots than in previous years. The area remains predominantly of European descent, with nearly half of the population identifying as Australian.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 47.9% and 41.1% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots are also prominent at 13.3% and 11.8% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30%. Most people here were born in Australia (85.6%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.8%.
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 Inverleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21234/inverleigh/topic/ancestry-heritage