10.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Milltown · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few things have changed in the ancestral makeup of Milltown over the last decade, with a population that remains deeply rooted in its British and European origins. More than half the community claims Australian ancestry, while the vast majority of residents were born here at home.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 41.3%, followed by Scottish (13.0%) and German (10.9%) roots. Australian ancestry is the most frequent at 52.2%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.9% of people in Milltown were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (80.4%), with England and New Zealand being the most common overseas birthplaces.
10.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Milltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21687/milltown/topic/ancestry-heritage