18.4% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Powlett Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Powlett Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Powlett Plains compared to the rest of the state. While 18.4% of residents were born abroad, this figure is well below the national average of 27.7%. Most people here identify with traditional British and Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 57.9% and 34.2% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish ancestry at 10.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Around 18.4% of the community was born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this remains far below the Victoria figure of 30.0%.
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 Powlett Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22117/powlett-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage