9.9% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Anglesea · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Anglesea
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deeply rooted English and Australian heritage shapes the identity of Anglesea. Most residents trace their family history back to the British Isles, while the community remains far less internationally diverse than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 43.5%, followed by Australian at 39.3%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 18% and 15.6% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of people in Anglesea were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 30%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with 83.6% of the community 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 Anglesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215003/anglesea/topic/ancestry-heritage