43.3% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Baw Baw Village · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over 43% of people in Baw Baw Village were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This international mix is reflected in the local ancestry, where Chinese heritage is the most common at 30%.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 30%, followed by Australian at 20% and English at 16.7%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of residents born overseas is among the highest for similar areas, sitting at 43.3%. This is far above the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure.
43.3% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Baw Baw Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20168/baw-baw-village/topic/ancestry-heritage