9.4% —
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bendigo East (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bendigo East (Northern Victoria)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian roots dominate the heritage of Bendigo East, where 83.7% of people claim one of these two ancestries. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, creating a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common heritages are English at 42.5% and Australian at 41.2%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots. German ancestry is also present, making up 4.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.4% of people in Bendigo East were born overseas, a figure far below the 30% seen in Victoria and 27.7% nationally. While this is among the lowest proportions for similar areas, the number has risen slightly by 1.9 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 Bendigo East (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20704/bendigo-east/topic/ancestry-heritage