7.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Scotsburn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Scotsburn
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 Scotsburn, where 47.1% of residents claim these roots. This small community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, with 47.1% and 45.1% respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish (18.0%), Scottish (11.9%) and Dutch (6.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the 30.0% seen in Victoria and 27.7% across Australia. This is reflected in the birth data, where 90.2% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Scotsburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22244/scotsburn/topic/ancestry-heritage