45.0% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3172, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3172, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse backgrounds shape daily life in postcode 3172, where nearly half of all residents were born overseas. This mix is reflected in a community where Chinese and Vietnamese ancestries are almost as common as English or Australian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (19.3%) and Australian (18.3%) are the most common ancestries, followed closely by Chinese at 13.7% and Vietnamese at 13.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 45% of people here were born overseas, a figure far above the Victorian (30.0%) and national (27.7%) rates. This proportion has risen 3.9 percentage points since 2011, with Vietnam (11.6%) being the most common overseas birthplace.
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 3172, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3172/3172-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage