6.0% ▲ +48.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Terang · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Terang
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small rise in overseas-born residents has occurred in Terang since 2011, though the area remains very traditional in its roots. Most people here claim Australian or English ancestry, with 87.8% of the population born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian (43.3%) and English (40.1%), followed by Irish at 18.9% and Scottish at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and much lower than most similar areas. Outside of Australia, the most frequent birthplaces are England and New Zealand, each at 1.2%.
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 Terang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22488/terang/topic/ancestry-heritage