19.0% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McEwen · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in McEwen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than one in five people were born overseas in McEwen, a figure that has dropped sharply in recent years. Most residents identify with roots in the British Isles or Australia, reflecting a community with a strong traditional colonial heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, each accounting for about 35% of the population, followed by Irish at 11.4% and Scottish at 9.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 19.0% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and well below the national 27.7%. This proportion fell by 15 percentage points since 2011, with 76.7% 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 McEwen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED232/mcewen/topic/ancestry-heritage