6.9% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Illowa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Illowa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Illowa than in the rest of Victoria, with only 6.9% born outside Australia. This small gap reflects a population with very deep roots in the region, where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.8%, followed by Australian at 36.5%. Other common ancestral roots include Irish (22.4%), Scottish (16.4%) and German (8.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (87.8%), with small numbers born in England (2.6%) and New Zealand (1.3%).
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 Illowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21228/illowa/topic/ancestry-heritage