8.1% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Fairy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Port Fairy than in most similar areas. A huge 84.4% of the population was born in Australia, which is far below the Victorian and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, making up 40.5% and 39.1% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish heritage are also significant, accounting for 22.8% and 15.1% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.1% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the 30% seen across Victoria and 27.7% nationally. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England at 2.7% and New Zealand at 1.4%.
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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22105/port-fairy/topic/ancestry-heritage