10.7% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Swan Bay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Swan Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A middle-of-the-road level of overseas birthplaces defines Swan Bay, though the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born. While it sits comfortably among similar areas, the proportion of people born abroad is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 52.4%, followed by Australian at 39.8%. Many residents also claim Scottish (25.2%) and Irish (21.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.7% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. Most residents were born in Australia (87.4%), with smaller numbers from England and New Zealand.
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 Swan Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22404/swan-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage