37.6% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Whittlesea · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Whittlesea
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost one in five people in Whittlesea claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. This diverse community has a very high proportion of overseas-born residents, with 37.6% of the population born in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (19.7%) and English (17.6%), followed by Italian (12.2%), Indian (7.9%) and Greek (5.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 37.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011, with India (7.4%) being the most common birthplace outside of 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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA27070/whittlesea/topic/ancestry-heritage