31.4% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 31.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Darebin · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Darebin
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A drop in the share of overseas-born residents has marked the recent shift in Darebin's makeup. While 31.4% of people were born outside Australia, this is a fall of 2.3 percentage points since 2011. This diversity is reflected in a strong Italian and Greek heritage across the community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 25% and Australian at 22.2%. Italian (13.9%), Irish (11.1%), and Greek (8.4%) also make up significant parts of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More people in Darebin were born overseas than in most other areas, with 31.4% born abroad. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 30% and well above the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Darebin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21890/darebin/topic/ancestry-heritage