24.5% —
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gembrook (Eastern Victoria)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British and Irish roots define daily life in Gembrook, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common. While most residents were born here, the proportion of people born overseas has risen to 24.5%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, accounting for 35.7% and 33.6% of residents respectively. Irish and Scottish roots are also common at 9.2% and 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 24.5% of people were born overseas, a figure that has risen 4.1 percentage points since 2016. This is well below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian average of 30.0%.
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 Gembrook (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23402/gembrook/topic/ancestry-heritage