10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Jeeralang · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 10.5% of people in Jeeralang were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes it a community where the vast majority of residents are Australian-born, with strong ties to British and European roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, followed by English at 31.6% and Scottish at 13.2%. Dutch and Irish ancestries are also common, making up 10.5% and 9.2% of the population respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national average of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, accounting for 81.6% of the population.
10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Jeeralang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21260/jeeralang/topic/ancestry-heritage