8.0% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pastoria · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pastoria
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Irish heritage shapes daily life in Pastoria, where more than half of residents claim these ancestries. The area is predominantly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of the population arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 33.3%, followed by Irish (21.3%), Australian (18.7%), Scottish (16.0%) and German (12.0%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (65.3%), while New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 12.0%.
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 Pastoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22043/pastoria/topic/ancestry-heritage