0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Timor West · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A stark contrast to the state and national figures exists in Timor West, where no one was born overseas. This makes the area far less diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia. Most residents identify with Australian, English, or Scottish heritage.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian is the most common ancestry at 65.2%, followed by English at 26.1% and Scottish at 21.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Timor West was born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. As a result, the area is much less diverse than most other regions.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Timor West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22520/timor-west/topic/ancestry-heritage