5.7% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rochester · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rochester
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.7% of people in Rochester were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the town much less diverse than most other areas in Victoria and across Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian or English ancestry, at 44.2% and 43.8% respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, making up 12.7% and 11.0% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30%. Around 86.2% of people here were born in Australia, with England the most common overseas birthplace at 1.6%.
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 Rochester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22184/rochester/topic/ancestry-heritage