16.1% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ventnor · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ventnor
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots are the most common here, with 42.8% and 37.5% of Ventnor residents claiming those ancestries. Most people in this area have deep ties to the British Isles or Australia, creating a community with very few diverse ancestral backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are dominant, followed by Irish at 16% and Scottish at 14%. A smaller group of residents, 5.2%, identify with German heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.1% of people were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, this is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, as 77.4% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Ventnor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22625/ventnor/topic/ancestry-heritage