8.5% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ruffy · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ruffy
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Ruffy, where 39% of people claim this background. This is a community with deep roots in the region, as the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond English and Australian roots, 17.7% of people identify as Irish and 17.7% as Scottish, while 4.9% claim German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30%) and Australia (27.7%). Most people here were born in Australia (76.8%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.7%.
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 Ruffy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22211/ruffy/topic/ancestry-heritage