17.7% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Apollo Bay · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Apollo Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Apollo Bay, where 37.9% of people claim these roots. This coastal town has a strong British and Irish heritage, though the proportion of people born overseas has risen to 17.7% since the last census.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Irish ancestries are the most frequent, making up 37.9%, 31.9%, and 16.9% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 17.7% of residents were born overseas—a figure that rose 4.3 points since 2011—this is still far below the Victorian and national figures. Most people here were born in Australia (70.6%), with England the most common overseas birthplace at 3.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Apollo Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Apollo Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215004/apollo-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage