4.6% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Victoria Valley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Victoria Valley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Victoria Valley compared to the rest of the state. Only 4.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is a massive gap when compared to the 30% seen across Victoria.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 36.9%, followed by Australian at 29.2% and Scottish at 26.2%. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 16.9% and Italian at 6.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, accounting for 81.5% of the population. This explains why the 4.6% overseas birth rate is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Victoria Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22632/victoria-valley/topic/ancestry-heritage