13.4% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Blackwood · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Blackwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background for people in Blackwood (L), where 39.6% of residents claim these roots. Most people here identify with British or Australian heritage, and the area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, making up 39.6% and 36.0% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also common at 17.6% and 14.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 13.4% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 30.0%, though this has risen 3.7 percentage points since 2011. Most residents were born in Australia (79.0%), followed by England (4.7%) and New Zealand (3.1%).
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 Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222008/blackwood/topic/ancestry-heritage