17.4% ▲ +138.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Port Germein · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Port Germein
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher share of people in Port Germein were born overseas compared to most similar areas. While the typical resident is born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born locals has more than doubled since 2011 to reach 17.4%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.6%, followed by Australian at 33.0%, Irish at 10.6%, Scottish at 10.3% and German at 6.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population has risen by 10 percentage points since 2011, though at 17.4% it remains far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (73.4%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 9.2%.
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 Port Germein [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422042/port-germein/topic/ancestry-heritage