11.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ocean Grove · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ocean Grove
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British roots shape the identity of Ocean Grove, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common. While most people here were born in Australia, the area maintains a heritage deeply linked to the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 43.5% and 41.4% of residents respectively. Other common heritage groups include Irish at 16.8% and Scottish at 13.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian figure of 30.0%. The vast majority—84.1%—were born in Australia, followed by England 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 Ocean Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22005/ocean-grove/topic/ancestry-heritage