3.5% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Noorat · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Noorat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common background in Noorat, where nearly 40% of people claim this heritage. This small town is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 34.6%, followed by Irish at 28.3% and Scottish at 19.5%. German heritage is less frequent, accounting for 4.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.5% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 30% seen across Victoria and 27.7% nationally. Most residents were born in Australia (91.2%), with small numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Noorat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21955/noorat/topic/ancestry-heritage