12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Poowong East · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Poowong East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Poowong East, where 54.5% of residents claim these roots. The area has a very strong connection to British and Australian origins, with nearly half the population identifying as Australian. It is a largely Australian-born community with few residents from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, followed by Scottish at 15.9%, while German and Dutch backgrounds each account for 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This is reflected in the birthplace data, as 89.8% of residents were born in Australia, with New Zealand the most common overseas birthplace at 5.7%.
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 Poowong East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22099/poowong-east/topic/ancestry-heritage