5.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pastoria East · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Pastoria East than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from other countries compared to the rest of the state.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.1%, followed by Australian at 27.5% and Scottish at 15.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.9% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (62.7%), while England is the next most common birthplace at 5.9%.
5.9% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Pastoria East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22044/pastoria-east/topic/ancestry-heritage