6.5% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kergunyah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kergunyah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.5% of people in Kergunyah were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This sparsely populated area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a heritage rooted deeply in British and Irish origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 45.3% and English at 35.3%, followed by Scottish at 15.5% and Irish at 12.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people were born overseas here than in most areas, sitting at 6.5% compared to 30.0% across Victoria. Around 88.4% of the population was born in Australia, with small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Kergunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21330/kergunyah/topic/ancestry-heritage