13.3% ▲ +56.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Iona · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Iona
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong pattern of traditional roots continues in Iona, where nearly half the population identifies as Australian by ancestry. The area remains much more traditional in its origins than the rest of the state, with a small minority of residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by British and Irish roots, with 30.4% of people claiming English, 13.8% Scottish, and 9.2% Irish heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria. Most residents were born in Australia (77.9%), followed by England at 3.8% and New Zealand at 1.7%.
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 Iona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21238/iona/topic/ancestry-heritage