6.9% ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cardigan Village · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cardigan Village
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increase in overseas-born residents has seen the proportion of people born outside Australia rise to 6.9% in Cardigan Village. While this is a slight uptick since 2011, the area remains much more Australian-born than the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 46.2% and English at 40.3%, followed by Irish, Scottish, and German roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (90.1%), with small numbers from England and India.
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 Cardigan Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221016/cardigan-village/topic/ancestry-heritage