10.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blackwarry · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blackwarry
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A fairly small proportion of residents in Blackwarry were born overseas, with only 10.5% coming from another country. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, reflecting a population with deep local roots. Most people here identify with traditional British and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (39.5%) and English (36.8%). Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 15.8% each, followed by Dutch at 13.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 10.5% of people were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure, with 76.3% of the population 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 Blackwarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20255/blackwarry/topic/ancestry-heritage