33.8% —
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Preston - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Preston - East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Preston - East than in most similar areas, with 33.8% of residents arriving from another country. This diversity is reflected in the local heritage, where English, Australian, Italian, Irish and Greek ancestries are all common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 23.7% and Australian at 20.7%, followed by Italian (10.7%), Irish (10.6%) and Greek (9.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 33.8%, the proportion of overseas-born residents is well above both the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%, though this fell 1.9 percentage points since 2016. Aside from those born in Australia (62.0%), the most common birthplaces are China, Vietnam, India 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 Preston - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209021428/preston-east/topic/ancestry-heritage