4.8% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kiewa · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kiewa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small number of overseas-born residents live in Kiewa, keeping the community's roots deeply traditional. Only 4.8% of people here were born in another country, which is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian ancestry at 50.9%, followed by English at 38.3%, Irish at 11.6%, Scottish at 9.5% and German at 5.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than most areas, sitting at 4.8% compared to 30% for Victoria and 27.7% for Australia. This means 85.3% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Kiewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21344/kiewa/topic/ancestry-heritage