26.7% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
North Geelong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in North Geelong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A birth rate for people born overseas in North Geelong is 26.7%, which is much higher than most similar areas. While this is well below the 30% figure for Victoria, the area has a diverse mix of residents with strong roots in Australia, England and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 29.1% and English at 28.7%, followed by Irish, Scottish and Italian backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 26.7% of people here were born overseas, a figure slightly below the 27.7% national average. Aside from those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are India, England, Italy 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 North Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21965/north-geelong/topic/ancestry-heritage