11.0% ▲ +83.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stawell · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Stawell
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common roots for people in Stawell, together making up over 80% of the community. This heritage is mirrored in the birthplace data, as the vast majority of residents were born here in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (41.3%) and English (39.9%), followed by Scottish (10.8%) and Irish (10.1%). German ancestry is also present at 4.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11% of people were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. Most residents were born in Australia (79.9%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (1.7%) and the Philippines (1.6%).
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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22354/stawell/topic/ancestry-heritage