6.8% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Birdwoodton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Birdwoodton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of local roots remains in Birdwoodton, where the overseas-born population is far lower than the national figure. Most residents identify as Australian or English, with a smaller but notable Italian heritage. Only 6.8% of the community was born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the people here claim Australian ancestry, with English, Italian, Irish and Scottish roots making up the next most common groups.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Very few people were born overseas, at 6.8%, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. About 80.1% of residents were born in Australia, while Italy is the most common overseas birthplace at 1.2%.
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 Birdwoodton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20246/birdwoodton/topic/ancestry-heritage