8.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Molesworth · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Molesworth
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Molesworth than in the rest of the state, with only 8.8% of residents born abroad. This gap makes the area's birthplace profile stand out sharply against the Victorian average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 42.9% and English at 36.3%, followed by Scottish, Irish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national average of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (83.5%), with England and New Zealand being the next most common birthplaces.
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 Molesworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21721/molesworth/topic/ancestry-heritage