18.1% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Park Orchards · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Park Orchards
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few people in Park Orchards identify with diverse cultural backgrounds, as the area is overwhelmingly shaped by European roots. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, creating a community that is far less diverse than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 73.8% of residents combined. Other significant groups include Irish (11.9%), Scottish (10.4%), and Italian (9.9%) descendants.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18.1% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victoria average of 30.0%. Most people here were born in Australia (79.6%), with smaller groups arriving from England, China, South Africa, and Italy.
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 Park Orchards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22036/park-orchards/topic/ancestry-heritage