9.0% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ravenswood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ravenswood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small number of people born overseas live in Ravenswood, making it a community with deep local roots. Most residents trace their family history back to the British Isles, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 49.4%, followed by Australian at 36.8% and Scottish at 17.8%. Irish and German roots are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national average of 27.7%. The vast majority, 86.2%, were born in 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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22142/ravenswood/topic/ancestry-heritage