10.3% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Neerim South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Neerim South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Neerim South, where 43.7% of people claim this heritage. Most residents have roots in the British Isles or Australia, and the area is far less diverse in birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most frequent, making up 43.7% and 42.2% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also common, while 4.6% of residents claim Dutch ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria. Australia is the birthplace for 80.1% of the community, followed by England at 3.7%.
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 Neerim South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21911/neerim-south/topic/ancestry-heritage