13.3% ▲ +114.2%
Higher than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Castlemaine · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Castlemaine
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British and Irish roots shape the identity of Castlemaine, where 43.1% of people claim English ancestry. While the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born, the proportion of residents born overseas has more than doubled over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents trace their roots back to the British Isles, with 34.2% identifying as Australian, 16.3% as Irish, and 14.4% as Scottish.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.3% of people here were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30.0%. This is a growing trend, as the number of overseas-born residents rose 7.1 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 Castlemaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2005/castlemaine/topic/ancestry-heritage