6.8% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ouyen · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ouyen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.8% of people in Ouyen were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. Most residents have deep roots in the region, with a strong majority born in Australia. This creates a community where overseas birthplaces are much less common than in most other areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 42.8% and 36.7% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Irish, Scottish, and German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas has fallen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011. At 6.8%, this is far below the 30% seen across Victoria, with 84.1% of the population born in Australia.
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 Ouyen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215067/ouyen/topic/ancestry-heritage