7.2% ▼ -41.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pheasant Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pheasant Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small proportion of people in Pheasant Creek were born overseas, though their ancestral roots remain diverse. Only 7.2% of residents were born outside Australia, reflecting a population with deep local ties. This makes the area far less diverse in birthplace than the rest of Victoria.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, who make up 38.6% and 36.9% of the population respectively. Other common ancestral backgrounds include Irish at 11.4% and Scottish at 10.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.2% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. While 76.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, India, 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 Pheasant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22064/pheasant-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage