10.0% ▲ +48.1%
Lower than 78% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bendigo · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bendigo
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 Bendigo, where 42.7% of people claim this background. While the area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, the proportion of residents born overseas has grown over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, followed by Irish at 13.7% and Scottish at 11.8%. German heritage is also present for 4.4% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is much lower than most areas, although the proportion rose 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2004/bendigo/topic/ancestry-heritage