10.2% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Moyston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Moyston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few people were born outside Australia in Moyston, where 85.1% of the population is Australian-born. This makes the area far less diverse than the rest of the state, with a strong local identity rooted in traditional British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.4% and 44.7% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Scottish (16.9%) and Irish (15.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). Outside of Australia, England is the most frequent birthplace at 4.2%.
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 Moyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21822/moyston/topic/ancestry-heritage