13.4% —
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bellarine (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bellarine (Western Victoria)
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 Bellarine than in the rest of Victoria. This gap is stark, with only 13.4% of residents born abroad compared to 30% across the state. Most people here claim English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.8%, followed by Australian at 38.4%, Irish at 14.7% and Scottish at 13.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.4% of the population was born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and has barely changed since 2016. The vast majority were born in Australia (81.7%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.5%.
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 Bellarine (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20508/bellarine/topic/ancestry-heritage