11.4% ▼ -44.6%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Violet Town · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Violet Town
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Irish heritage shapes daily life in Violet Town, where English and Australian ancestries are most common. The town is far less diverse in birthplace than the rest of the country, with a small minority of residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 43.8%, followed by Australian at 33.8% and Irish at 14.6%. Scottish and German roots are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 9.2 percentage points since 2011, and 78.5% of the population was 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 Violet Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221077/violet-town/topic/ancestry-heritage