14.9% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murrindindi · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murrindindi
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher share of people were born overseas in Murrindindi than in most similar areas. While English and Australian are the most common ancestries, the proportion of overseas-born residents is still far below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 44.7%, followed by Australian at 28.9% and Scottish at 14.9%. Irish and German ancestries each make up 7.9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 14.9% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas. However, this is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure, with 71.9% 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 Murrindindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21847/murrindindi/topic/ancestry-heritage