12.7% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pipers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pipers Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Pipers Creek than in the rest of the state or country. While 12.7% of residents were born abroad, this is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. The area remains predominantly Australian-born, with a strong leaning towards English and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 56.6%, followed by Australian at 37.6%. Irish, Scottish, and German heritage are also present, with the Irish ancestry figure sitting at 18.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, at 81.5%. This means the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%, with England being the most common birth country outside Australia 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 Pipers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22078/pipers-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage