5.8% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kerang · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kerang
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.8% of people in Kerang were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian and national averages. This makes the town much less diverse in terms of birthplace than most other areas. The local population is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, accounting for 45.7% and 43.3% of residents respectively. Scottish, Irish and German ancestries also feature in the local breakdown.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011. With 86.4% born in Australia, the town's overseas-born population is far below the 30% seen across Victoria.
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 Kerang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215041/kerang/topic/ancestry-heritage