4.9% ▲ +68.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Riverside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 4.9% of people in Riverside were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse than most other parts of the country. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong heritage of English and German ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents identify as Australian, while 39% have English ancestry. German is the next most common heritage at 12.5%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than in most areas, sitting at 4.9% compared to 30% across Victoria. Most of the population was born in Australia, though some residents were born in England and the Philippines.
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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22180/riverside/topic/ancestry-heritage