9.6% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Valencia Creek · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Valencia Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
British and Irish roots are a dominant part of local identity in Valencia Creek, where nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry. Most people here were born in Australia, creating a community with a much smaller overseas-born population than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 48.7% and English at 33.7%, followed by Scottish at 17.6% and Irish at 11.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (78.6%), with smaller numbers from New Zealand (2.7%) and England (2.1%).
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 Valencia Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22621/valencia-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage