9.6% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Portland · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Portland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Portland than in the rest of Victoria or Australia. The typical resident identifies with English or Australian roots, and the overseas-born population has fallen since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.2% and 41.9% of the community. Scottish and Irish roots also feature strongly at 12.2% and 10.3% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30.0% seen across Victoria and 27.7% nationally. This figure has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011, with 83.5% of people born in Australia.
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/ucl/UCL213012/portland/topic/ancestry-heritage