9.8% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rawson · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rawson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.8% of people in Rawson were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian and national averages. This makes the area much less diverse in its birthplaces than most other parts of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
British and Irish roots are common here, with 43.6% of people claiming English ancestry, alongside 17.9% Scottish and 14.2% Irish. Australian ancestry is also very high at 44.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia (83.4%). England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.1%, while New Zealand accounts for 1.4%.
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 Rawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22144/rawson/topic/ancestry-heritage