48.2% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brimbank · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brimbank
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all people in Brimbank were born overseas, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This multicultural makeup is clearly seen in the ancestry data, where Vietnamese roots are the most common at 16.9%. It is a diverse region where few residents share a single dominant ancestral background.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Vietnamese ancestry is the most frequent at 16.9%, followed by Australian at 12.6% and English at 11.6%. Chinese and Italian ancestries also make up significant shares of the population at 6.8% and 6.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 48.2% of the population, which is far above the national figure of 27.7% and rose 2.0 percentage points since 2011. While 45.9% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are Vietnam (13.0%), India (4.2%), and the Philippines (3.0%).
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 Brimbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21180/brimbank/topic/ancestry-heritage