39.8% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Templestowe Lower · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Templestowe Lower
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 40% of people in Templestowe Lower were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area much more internationally diverse than most other parts of Australia. It is a community where Chinese and English are the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Chinese (21%), English (18.7%) and Australian (17.6%), followed by Italian and Greek backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of residents born overseas rose to 39.8% since 2011, which is well above the Victorian figure. While 57.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China, Italy and India.
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 Templestowe Lower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207021160/templestowe-lower/topic/ancestry-heritage