13.6% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mildura · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mildura
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Mildura than in most other parts of the country, with only 13.6% of residents born abroad. While the area remains predominantly Australian and British in heritage, there has been a steady increase in people moving here from other countries over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people identify as Australian or English, each making up over 36% of the population. Other common ancestries include Scottish at 9.0%, Irish at 8.7%, and Italian at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 13.6%, the proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian average of 30.0%. This figure has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011, with India and Italy among the most common birthplaces outside Australia.
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 Mildura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24780/mildura/topic/ancestry-heritage