13.5% ▲ +29.1%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Swan Hill · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Swan Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 80% of people in Swan Hill were born in Australia, though the number of overseas-born residents is rising. This community has a strong British and Irish heritage, with over 60% of residents claiming these ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 38.4% and English at 37.0%. Irish, Scottish, and Italian roots follow, making up 11.9%, 9.7%, and 6.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 13.5% of people were born overseas—a figure that rose 3.0 percentage points since 2011—this is still far below the Victorian and national figures. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces 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/ucl/UCL213014/swan-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage