7.5% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Warragul South · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small increase in overseas births since 2011 marks a slow shift in the makeup of Warragul South. This area remains very traditional in its roots, with nearly half of the residents claiming Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is common at 40.4%, followed by Irish (13.6%) and Scottish (7.5%) roots. These blend with the 46.4% of people who identify as Australian.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30%. This means the vast majority of the population, 82.9%, was born in Australia.
7.5% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Warragul South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22699/warragul-south/topic/ancestry-heritage