13.4% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Torquay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Torquay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Torquay than in the rest of the state or country. Only 13.4% of residents were born abroad, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a community where the vast majority of people have Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.2% and 38.3% of the population respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, with 16.0% and 13.3% of people claiming these heritages.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 82.8% of residents were born in Australia, while the remaining overseas-born group is led by those from England at 3.7%. This low proportion of overseas births is far below the Victorian average of 30.0%.
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 Torquay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22551/torquay/topic/ancestry-heritage