8.9% ▲ +59.2%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Milawa · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Milawa
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer than 9% of people in Milawa were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian and national averages. This makes the area much more homogenous than most of the state, though the proportion of overseas-born residents has risen slightly since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the population claims English ancestry, followed by Australian at 42.6% and Irish at 20.7%. Other common ancestral roots include Scottish and Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 88.1% of people born in Australia, Milawa has a much lower share of overseas-born residents than the Victorian average of 30.0%. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia at 4.4%.
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 Milawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222054/milawa/topic/ancestry-heritage