5.0% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Irrewillipe · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Irrewillipe claim Australian ancestry. This is a very traditional community where the vast majority of residents were born here, and very few have arrived from overseas.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, at 49% and 46% respectively. Irish ancestry is also significant at 23%, followed by Scottish at 15%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5% of residents were born overseas, which is much lower than most areas. This is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%, with 84% of the population born in Australia.
5.0% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Irrewillipe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21243/irrewillipe/topic/ancestry-heritage