10.7% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The share of people born overseas in Not in any Significant Urban Area (Vic.) has barely changed since 2011, remaining far below the state and national figures. Only 10.7% of residents were born outside Australia, reflecting a population with deep roots in the country.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common, making up 41.5% and 40.4% of the population respectively, followed by Irish at 12.9%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81% born in Australia, this area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the Victoria average of 30%. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 3.1%.
10.7% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/ancestry-heritage