9.7% ▲ +24.7%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rainbow · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rainbow
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root for people in Rainbow, making up 47% of the community. Most residents were born in Australia, and the area has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, followed by German at 16.4%, Irish at 9.2% and Scottish at 8.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Just 9.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, with the most common birthplaces outside Australia being England, the Philippines, India and Vietnam.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Rainbow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222077/rainbow/topic/ancestry-heritage