11.3% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Narrawong · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Narrawong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost half of the people in Narrawong claim Australian ancestry, reflecting a community with deep local roots. While English and Irish heritage are also common, the area remains much less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 47.4% and English at 39.4%. Other notable groups include Irish at 14.7%, Scottish at 9.7%, and German at 5.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.3% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria and 27.7% nationally. Most people here were born in Australia (84.4%), followed by England at 4.1% and New Zealand at 1.1%.
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 Narrawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21892/narrawong/topic/ancestry-heritage