8.0% ▲ +18.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bolwarra · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bolwarra
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong roots in British and Australian heritage define daily life in Bolwarra, where nearly half of residents claim English ancestry. This is a community with very few overseas-born residents, creating a demographic profile that is far more home-grown than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 45.9% and Australian at 42.3%. Scottish (13.6%), Irish (10.7%), and German (4.8%) roots are also represented.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8% of people were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (84.4%), with small numbers hailing from New Zealand, England, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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 Bolwarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20274/bolwarra/topic/ancestry-heritage