16.0% —
Lower than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Geelong (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Geelong (Western Victoria)
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 Geelong (Western Victoria), where 39.5% of people claim this background. Most residents were born in Australia, and the area has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born people than the state or national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 39.5% and 35.4% of the population. Irish and Scottish heritage are also common, at 15.3% and 12.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%) figures. This proportion rose slightly from 14.9% in 2016, with India (2.0%) and England (2.8%) among the most common birthplaces outside 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 Geelong (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23308/geelong/topic/ancestry-heritage