10.8% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Riddells Creek · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Riddells Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small rise in overseas births has shifted the makeup of Riddells Creek since 2011. Most people here share a strong British and Irish heritage, with a typical resident identifying as English or Australian. This creates a profile that is much more traditional than the broader state average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 44.9% and 41.3% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 14.9% and 13.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 30%. While this rose slightly by 1.2 percentage points since 2011, 86.2% of people were 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 Riddells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215071/riddells-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage