32.5% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boroondara · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boroondara
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural backgrounds shape the daily life of Boroondara, where nearly one in three residents was born in another country. This international character is most visible in the strong Chinese community, which represents both a major ancestry group and the most common overseas birthplace.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common at 29.0% and 24.0%, while Chinese ancestry is also prominent at 18.2%. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 11.8% and 9.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than 32.5% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is well above the national average and rose 4.2 percentage points since 2011. While 64.6% were born in Australia, China is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.0%.
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 Boroondara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21110/boroondara/topic/ancestry-heritage