14.7% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Laverton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Laverton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A mix of diverse backgrounds defines daily life in Laverton (L), where nearly 15% of residents were born overseas. While English and Australian ancestries are most common, the community has a broad range of roots that has grown slightly over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 23.1%, followed by Australian at 18.2%, while Irish and Scottish roots are also present in 7.1% and 5.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Those born overseas make up 14.7% of the area, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but far below the state and national figures. This proportion rose 1.8 percentage points since 2011, with New Zealand being the most common overseas birthplace at 7.4%.
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522039/laverton/topic/ancestry-heritage