10.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Lillicur · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Lillicur
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Lillicur compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is 19 percentage points below the Victorian figure. This reflects a population with deep roots in the local area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The community is mostly of Australian and English descent, with both groups making up 36.5% of the population. Other common ancestral links include Scottish (11.8%), Irish (5.9%) and German (4.7%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Among those born abroad, England is the most common origin at 9.4%, while 58.8% of the total population were 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 Lillicur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21501/lillicur/topic/ancestry-heritage