11.4% ▲ +31.3%
Lower than 65% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
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Ancestry & Birthplace in Ballarat
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Ballarat compared to the rest of the state, with only 11.4% of residents born abroad. This is significantly lower than both the Victorian and national figures. Most residents claim a strong British or Australian heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each claimed by around 40% of people. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, cited by 15.2% and 12.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 83.7% of the population was born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 2.7 percentage points since 2011. At 11.4%, this is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure.
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2003/ballarat/topic/ancestry-heritage