51.6% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 51.1%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Thomastown · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Thomastown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Thomastown were born overseas, a figure far above the national average. This creates a diverse community where Italian, Australian, English, Greek and Vietnamese ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Italian ancestry is the most frequent at 13.8%, followed by Australian (11.5%), English (9.6%), Greek (7.7%) and Vietnamese (6.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 51.6% of residents were born outside Australia, which is 24 percentage points higher than the national figure. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011 and is among the highest for similar areas, with India (6.2%), Italy (5.9%) and Vietnam (5.2%) being the most common birthplaces after Australia.
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 Thomastown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041223/thomastown/topic/ancestry-heritage