13.4% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Barwite · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Barwite
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional heritage defines Barwite, where nearly 40% of people identify as Australian by ancestry. This local identity is mirrored in the birthplace data, as the town has a much smaller proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 46.5%, followed by Australian at 39.4%. Other significant roots include Irish at 14.1% and Scottish at 10.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (82.9%), with England (5.2%) and Vietnam (2.2%) as the next most common birthplaces.
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 Barwite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20160/barwite/topic/ancestry-heritage