7.9% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Koroop · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Koroop
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 7.9% of people in Koroop were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage linked to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 41.3%, followed by English at 33.3%, Scottish at 19.0%, and Irish at 12.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than in most other areas, sitting 22 percentage points below the Victorian average. About 73% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Koroop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21398/koroop/topic/ancestry-heritage