41.5% ▲ +24.1%
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Whitehorse · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Whitehorse
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in Whitehorse compared to the rest of the state. Over 41% of residents were born outside Australia, creating a diverse population where Chinese and English are the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 26.2%, followed by English at 24.2% and Australian at 21.3%. Irish and Scottish backgrounds also feature, making up 8.4% and 7.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents now make up 41.5% of the population, a figure far above the Victorian average of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen by 8 percentage points since 2011, with China being the most common birth country outside Australia at 13%.
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 Whitehorse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26980/whitehorse/topic/ancestry-heritage