10.0% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Creswick · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Creswick
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much smaller proportion of people were born overseas in Creswick than in the wider state or nation, with only 10% born abroad. This gap highlights a community with very strong ties to traditional roots, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.2%, followed by Australian at 38.4%. Other common roots include Irish at 14.9% and Scottish at 13.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most people here were born in Australia (80.9%), with England being the next most common birthplace at 3.2%.
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 Creswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20672/creswick/topic/ancestry-heritage