10.9% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Porepunkah · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Porepunkah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Porepunkah than in the rest of Victoria or Australia, with only 10.9% of residents born abroad. Most people here trace their roots to British Isles origins, and the vast majority were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.5% and 40.2% of the population, while Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 10.9%, the share of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia, with England and New Zealand being the most common overseas 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 Porepunkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22102/porepunkah/topic/ancestry-heritage