23.6% —
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
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 Carrum, where 38.2% of residents claim this background. The area is largely composed of people with Australian and British roots, while fewer than one in four residents were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent here, making up 38.2% and 33.9% of the population. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also common, at 10.5% and 9.8% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 23.6% of people were born overseas, a figure that has barely changed since 2016. This is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia, with 72.3% of residents born in Australia.
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 Carrum (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21805/carrum/topic/ancestry-heritage