9.4% ▼ -37.0%
Lower than 85% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Portland · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Portland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very high proportion of people in Portland have roots in the British Isles. This is reflected in the local population, where nearly 9 out of 10 residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 43.1% and 42.0% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Scottish (12.2%) and Irish (10.5%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and fell by 5.5 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (83.9%), followed by England (2.4%) and New Zealand (1.3%).
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2014/portland/topic/ancestry-heritage