11.9% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Porepunkah · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Porepunkah
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deeply rooted European heritage shapes the identity of Porepunkah, where nearly 45% of people claim English ancestry. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents compared to the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents identify as English, Australian, or Irish, with English and Australian ancestries each making up about 40% to 44% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, with 83.3% 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 Porepunkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221059/porepunkah/topic/ancestry-heritage