23.0% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Virginia · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Virginia
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 23% of people in Virginia were born overseas, making it much more diverse than most similar areas. This international mix is reflected in the community's ancestry, where Australian, English, Italian, Vietnamese, and Greek roots are all common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, though there are also significant Italian (11.1%), Vietnamese (9.6%) and Greek (7.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 23% of residents were born overseas—a figure well below the national average of 27.7%—Vietnam is the most common birth country outside Australia at 6.9%.
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41507/virginia/topic/ancestry-heritage