5.0% ▲ +16.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Byawatha · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Byawatha
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 5% of people in Byawatha were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This small proportion of overseas-born residents reflects a community with very strong ties to traditional Australian and British roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 45.6% and 39.4% of the population. Other notable groups include Irish at 16.3% and Scottish at 13.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 86.3% of residents born in Australia, the overseas-born population is much lower than in most other areas. This 5% figure is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national average.
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 Byawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20434/byawatha/topic/ancestry-heritage