0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Reedy Dam · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
No new overseas arrivals have moved into Reedy Dam since the last census, leaving the area with a very traditional heritage. Virtually everyone here was born in Australia, with the vast majority of residents claiming English, Scottish or Irish roots.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 60.7%, followed by English at 28.6%, Scottish at 21.4% and Irish at 14.3%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nobody in Reedy Dam was born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most other areas, with 89.3% of people born in Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Reedy Dam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22156/reedy-dam/topic/ancestry-heritage