24.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3085, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3085, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increasing number of residents were born overseas in postcode 3085, with the figure rising to 24.3% in 2021. This area remains predominantly Australian-born, though English, Irish and Italian roots are common among its people.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 32.1% and 29.5%, followed by Irish at 11.8% and Italian at 10.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 24.3% of people here were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 30.0%. While the share of overseas-born residents rose by 2.0 percentage points since 2011, the most common birthplaces are Australia (73.3%), England (2.7%), and China (2.7%).
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 3085, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3085/3085-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage