7.1% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Portland West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Portland West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong focus on traditional roots remains the hallmark of Portland West, where 88.5% of residents were born in Australia. This high proportion of Australian-born residents is consistent with an ancestry profile dominated by English and Australian heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (44.1%) and Australian (43.3%) are the most common ancestral backgrounds here, followed by Scottish at 12.6% and Irish at 9.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of these residents come from England (2.3%) and New Zealand (1.5%).
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 Portland West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22112/portland-west/topic/ancestry-heritage