8.4% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bunyip · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bunyip
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Bunyip in 2021 compared to a decade ago. The overseas-born population fell by 5.4 percentage points since 2011 to just 8.4%, making it much less diverse than most other areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (47%) or English (42%) ancestry. Other common backgrounds include Irish (13.3%), Scottish (8.2%) and Dutch (4.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority were born in Australia (84.8%), followed by England (3.2%) and New Zealand (1%).
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 Bunyip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215017/bunyip/topic/ancestry-heritage