10.6% —
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Benambra (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Benambra (Northern Victoria)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Benambra, held by 42% of the population. This small community is predominantly born in Australia and has very few residents from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People here mainly identify with Australian (42%) and English (41.1%) ancestry, followed by Irish (12.6%) and Scottish (11.1%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30%. While this is much lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born people rose slightly by 0.9 points since 2016.
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 Benambra (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20604/benambra/topic/ancestry-heritage