29.7% ▲ +233.5%
Higher than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3597, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3597, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A massive 21 percentage point rise in the overseas-born population since 2011 has transformed the cultural makeup of postcode 3597. Now, nearly 30% of residents were born outside Australia, making the area much more diverse than most similar places.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian and English, each at around 30%, followed by Irish at 10.3%, Italian at 7.2%, and Scottish at 6.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 30% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is a little above the national average and about the same as the Victorian average. Aside from those born in Australia, the most common birthplaces are South Africa, the Philippines, New Zealand, and Italy.
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 3597, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3597/3597-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage