15.4% ▲ +69.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Camel · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Camel
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A gap of 15 percentage points separates Mount Camel from the Victorian average in terms of overseas births. While 15.4% of the population was born abroad, this is far below the state and national figures. The area remains heavily shaped by traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 32.4% and 30.9% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish heritage follow at 10.3% each, with Italian ancestry accounting for 7.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.4% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (69.9%), followed by England (6.6%) and China (2.2%).
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 Mount Camel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21781/mount-camel/topic/ancestry-heritage