10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Timboon West · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Roughly 79% of people in Timboon West were born in Australia, making it much more locally born than the state or national averages. This reflects a community with deep roots, where most residents share similar backgrounds and origins.
The ancestries people most identify with.
The area has strong British ties, with English ancestry at 45.6%, followed by Scottish (21.1%) and Irish (15.8%) roots, alongside 54.4% who identify as Australian.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and 27.7% across Australia. New Zealand is the most common overseas birthplace at 12.3%.
10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Timboon West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22517/timboon-west/topic/ancestry-heritage