19.4% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Strathmore · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Italian roots are a defining feature of Strathmore, where 17.7% of residents claim this ancestry. While the area has a strong European heritage, it remains more Australian-born than the state and national averages.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 27.1% and English at 25.8%, followed by Italian, Irish, and Scottish backgrounds.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 19.4% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the 30% seen across Victoria. Most residents were born in Australia (78.4%), with the next most common birthplaces being Italy, England, India, and China.
19.4% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Strathmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22380/strathmore/topic/ancestry-heritage