9.9% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Colac · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Colac
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common roots for people in Colac. This area is very traditional in its heritage, with 84.7% of the population born in Australia. It has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The local population identifies strongly with British Isles heritage, with English (40.4%), Irish (14.7%), and Scottish (12.3%) ancestries following closely behind Australian (41.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has also fallen, dropping 3.7 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 Colac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2006/colac/topic/ancestry-heritage