16.8% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Point Vernon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Point Vernon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Point Vernon, where nearly 47% of people claim these roots. The area is predominantly Australian-born, though it maintains a slightly higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar local areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 46.6% and 37.7% of the population. Scottish and Irish roots follow at 12.1% and 11.1% respectively, with German ancestry at 6.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 16.8% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than in most similar areas, though this is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (76.8%), followed by England (6.3%) and New Zealand (3.2%).
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 Point Vernon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32344/point-vernon/topic/ancestry-heritage