11.0% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Gippsland East than in most other Australian areas. Only 11% of the population was born outside Australia, reflecting a community with very strong local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 43.3% and 40.5% of residents respectively. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also prominent at 11.6% and 11.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen by 5.6 percentage points since 2011 to 11%. This is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23502/gippsland-east/topic/ancestry-heritage