11.9% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Murray River - Swan Hill · Sub-region (SA3)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Murray River - Swan Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of residents were born overseas in Murray River - Swan Hill compared to the rest of the state. Only 11.9% of people here were born outside Australia, which is 18 percentage points below the Victorian average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the region claim Australian (39.0%) or English (36.9%) ancestry, followed by Irish (11.4%) and Scottish (9.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure, it has risen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England, Vietnam, India and the Philippines.
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 Murray River - Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21503/murray-river-swan-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage