13.2% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Swan Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Swan Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 13.2% of people in Swan Hill were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian and national averages. This makes the town much less internationally diverse than most of the state, with the vast majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, accounting for 38.7% and 37.3% of the population respectively. Other notable roots include Irish at 11.9%, Scottish at 9.8%, and Italian at 6.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 80.2% of people born in Australia, the overseas-born population is far below the 30% seen across Victoria. Among those born abroad, the most common origins are India, Vietnam, the Philippines 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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22405/swan-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage