0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Breakaway Creek · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of people in Breakaway Creek claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. The community has deep roots in the region, with a very strong Scottish and English influence and almost no one born outside Australia.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most frequent at 56.4%, followed by Scottish at 35.9% and English at 33.3%. Irish heritage is also common, accounting for 20.5% of the population.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
No one in Breakaway Creek was born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national rate of 27.7%. Consequently, 100% of the residents were born in Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Breakaway Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20325/breakaway-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage