40.0% ▲ +19.5%
Higher than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3805, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3805, VIC
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents has shaped the 3805 area, with the proportion of people born abroad rising by 6.5 percentage points since 2011. Now, 40% of the population was born overseas, a figure far above the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 22.9% and English at 22.0%. Other significant groups include Indian, Scottish, and Chinese backgrounds, each making up between 5.5% and 6.3% of the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Four in ten people here were born overseas, which is well above the 30% seen across Victoria. This is reflected in the birthplaces of residents, where India is the most common overseas origin at 5.2%.
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 3805, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3805/3805-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage