10.7% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Sawmill Settlement · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Sawmill Settlement
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Sawmill Settlement in 2021 compared to 2011, with the share falling by 7.2 percentage points. This small community is now heavily dominated by Australian and English roots, with 77.4% of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 40.6%, followed by Australian at 34.2% and Irish at 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Sawmill Settlement
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Sawmill Settlement [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222082/sawmill-settlement/topic/ancestry-heritage