7.3% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Shepparton East · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Shepparton East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.3% of people in Shepparton East were born overseas, making it an area with far fewer overseas-born residents than most of the country. This low figure reflects a population where the vast majority of people were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 45.5% and 37.7%. Other notable ancestries include Italian at 12.3%, Scottish at 9.1%, and Irish at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This figure has also fallen slightly since 2011, with 87.3% of residents now 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 Shepparton East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222083/shepparton-east/topic/ancestry-heritage