11.6% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
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.
English is the most common ancestry in Ballarat, where 41.7% of residents claim those roots. The area has a strong connection to British and Irish heritage, though it has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 41.7% and 39.1% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also common, accounting for 15% and 12.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.6% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen by 5.4 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (83.3%), with England, India, and New Zealand being the next most common birthplaces.
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/ucl/UCL203001/ballarat/topic/ancestry-heritage