15.3% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Silvan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Silvan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Silvan than in the wider state or nation, with only 15.3% of residents born abroad. This makes the area much more likely to be born in Australia than most other parts of Victoria.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, though Italian ancestry is also notable at 12.9%. Scottish and Dutch ancestry each account for 9.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 81.2% of people were born in Australia, the 15.3% born overseas is higher than most similar areas, despite being far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national rate of 27.7%. The most common overseas birthplaces are England and Italy.
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 Silvan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22281/silvan/topic/ancestry-heritage