54.1% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3173, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3173, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in postcode 3173 were born overseas, a figure that has risen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011. This creates a diverse community where Chinese and Vietnamese ancestries are the most common, both outnumbering English and Australian heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 19%, followed by Vietnamese at 11.6%. English and Australian ancestries are both reported at 11.3%, while Indian ancestry accounts for 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 54.1%, the proportion of people born overseas is far above the Victorian (30%) and national (27.7%) figures. While 43.2% were born in Australia, significant groups arrived from Vietnam (8.6%), India (6.6%), and China (5.1%).
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 3173, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3173/3173-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage