11.0% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pomborneit · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pomborneit
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few things have changed in the ancestral makeup of Pomborneit over the last decade. English and Australian heritages remain the most common, with 54.8% and 41.1% of residents claiming these roots. This creates a community with a very strong link to British and colonial history.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry here at 54.8%, followed by Australian at 41.1%. Other significant groups include Scottish (17.8%), Irish (16.4%), and German (13.7%) descendants.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11% of people in Pomborneit were born overseas, which is far below the 30% figure for Victoria and 27.7% for Australia. Most residents were born in Australia (80.8%), while New Zealand and England are the next most common birthplaces.
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 Pomborneit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22091/pomborneit/topic/ancestry-heritage