16.7% ▲ +74.0%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Portarlington - St Leonards · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Portarlington - St Leonards
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of residents were born overseas in Portarlington - St Leonards than in most similar areas. While 75.8% were born in Australia, the proportion of people from other countries has risen by 7.1 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.9%, followed by Australian at 33.7% and Irish at 14.8%. Scottish and Italian backgrounds are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 16.7% of people born overseas is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.7%, with New Zealand and Italy also featuring.
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 Portarlington - St Leonards [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214018/portarlington-st-leonards/topic/ancestry-heritage