53.8% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
3975, VIC · Postcode
Ancestry & Birthplace in 3975, 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 3975 were born overseas, a figure that has risen by 7.4 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more culturally diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia, with Indian ancestry now the most common local identity at 18%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Indian ancestry is the most frequent here at 18%, followed by Australian at 13% and English at 12.5%. Other common ancestries include Chinese at 5.7% and Filipino at 3.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 53.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 42.6% were born in Australia, the largest overseas group is from India at 17.6%.
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 3975, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3975/3975-vic/topic/ancestry-heritage