8.0% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Avoca · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Avoca
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 8% of people in Avoca were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most of Australia. The community is overwhelmingly of English and Australian descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, making up 44.6% and 43.8% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Scottish (12.5%) and Irish (11.2%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen since 2011, dropping 4.8 percentage points to 8%. This is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national rate of 27.7%.
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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215005/avoca/topic/ancestry-heritage