17.9% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Metung · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Metung
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people were born overseas in Metung compared to most similar areas. While the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen slightly to 17.9%, it remains far below the Victorian and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 46.4%, followed by Australian at 34.6% and Scottish at 14.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 17.9% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (74.8%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 8%.
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 Metung [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215055/metung/topic/ancestry-heritage