10.9% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Markwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Markwood
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 Markwood than in the rest of Victoria or Australia. Only 10.9% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much lower than the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here identify with British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.3%, followed by Australian at 33.9%. Other common roots include Irish (13.5%), Italian (13.0%), and Scottish (12.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 81.3% of the population born in Australia, the overseas-born rate is far below the Victorian average of 30.0%. Of those born abroad, England is the most frequent birthplace at 1.7%.
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 Markwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21606/markwood/topic/ancestry-heritage