13.0% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Traralgon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Traralgon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for people in Traralgon, where 40.2% of residents claim this heritage. Most of the population was born in Australia, and the area has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 40.2% and 39.0% of the community. Other common backgrounds include Scottish (11.5%), Irish (10.2%), and Italian (4.7%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.0% of people in Traralgon were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (81.0%), followed by England (2.5%), India (1.2%), and New Zealand (1.0%).
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 Traralgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22569/traralgon/topic/ancestry-heritage