12.5% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Smokeytown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Smokeytown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of traditional roots defines Smokeytown, where nearly 60% of residents claim Australian or English ancestry. This local identity is mirrored in the birthplace data, as the vast majority of the community was born within Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common at 59.4% each. Scottish roots are also prominent at 25.0%, followed by Irish at 15.6% and German at 9.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). This is consistent with the fact that 78.1% of the population was 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 Smokeytown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22296/smokeytown/topic/ancestry-heritage