7.4% ▼ -53.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rutherglen · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rutherglen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.4% of people in Rutherglen were born overseas, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. This makes the area far more Australian-born than the state or national averages, with a strong local focus on English, Australian, and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 46.5% and Australian at 42.1%. Other notable groups include Irish (16.7%), Scottish (12.8%), and German (6.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian figure of 30.0%. While 88.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (2.5%) and New Zealand (1.6%).
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 Rutherglen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215076/rutherglen/topic/ancestry-heritage