7.7% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Birchip · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Birchip
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Birchip, claimed by 43.2% of residents. The community has deep roots in the region, with a very small proportion of people born overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond those of Australian descent, English ancestry is the next most common at 35.8%, followed by Irish at 18.5% and Scottish at 11.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.7% of people in Birchip were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011, and most residents (84.1%) 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 Birchip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221005/birchip/topic/ancestry-heritage