58.2% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greater Dandenong · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greater Dandenong
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of all residents in Greater Dandenong were born in another country, creating a diverse local community where no single ancestry dominates. This international mix is reflected in the high proportions of people with Chinese, Vietnamese, and English roots, making the area far more multicultural than the rest of Victoria.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
A broad range of backgrounds exists here, with Chinese (12.2%) and Vietnamese (11.2%) ancestries being the most common, followed closely by English (11.0%) and Australian (10.3%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas births are far more common here than in the state or national figures, with 58.2% of people born outside Australia. This figure rose 2.0 points since 2011, and the most common birthplaces after Australia are Vietnam (9.3%) and India (7.5%).
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 Greater Dandenong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22670/greater-dandenong/topic/ancestry-heritage