23.5% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kurunjang · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kurunjang
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A lower share of overseas-born residents defines Kurunjang, where only 23.5% were born abroad. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, despite being much higher than in many similar areas. The area's identity is largely shaped by a mix of Australian and English ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 30.4% and 29.9% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 7% each, with Italian ancestry at 4.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 23.5% of people were born overseas—a figure well below the national 27.7%—the most common birthplaces outside Australia are India (2.7%), New Zealand (2.4%), and England (2.1%).
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 Kurunjang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21411/kurunjang/topic/ancestry-heritage