14.0% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Falls Creek · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Falls Creek
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small increase in overseas births defines the changing makeup of Falls Creek, where 14% of people were born outside Australia. While the area is sparsely populated, English and Australian ancestries remain the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent here, making up 33.6% and 30.2% of the population, followed by Irish at 10%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas rose 1.6 percentage points since 2011 to 14%. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Falls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222024/falls-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage