13.0% ▼ -63.4%
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 36.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Monash · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Monash
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Monash, where 42.7% of people claim this heritage. The area is predominantly Australian-born and has seen a sharp decline in its proportion of overseas-born residents over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Alongside those of English descent, 40.6% of residents identify as Australian, while Scottish and Irish ancestry both sit around 12%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13% of people in Monash were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30%. This represents a significant drop from 2011, when the overseas-born population was 35.4%.
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 Monash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED235/monash/topic/ancestry-heritage