11.8% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Northwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Northwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 11.8% of people in Northwood were born overseas, a figure far below the state and national averages. This makes it a place where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia, with strong roots in English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the residents claim Australian ancestry (46.8%), followed by English (36.9%), Scottish (9.9%), and Irish (8.9%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 74.4% born in Australia, the proportion of overseas-born residents is much lower than the Victorian average of 30%. New Zealand and England are the most common birthplaces outside of 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 Northwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21972/northwood/topic/ancestry-heritage