18.7% ▲ +40.7%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Whittlesea · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Whittlesea
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A mix of old and new roots shapes daily life in Whittlesea, where nearly one in five people were born overseas. While traditional ties to the UK and Ireland remain strong, the community has become more diverse as the proportion of overseas-born residents has climbed since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 34.5% and English at 33.7%. Other significant groups include Irish (9.3%), Italian (9.0%) and Scottish (8.6%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 18.7% of people here were born overseas, a figure that rose 5.4 percentage points since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 27.7% and far below Victoria's 30.0%, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (74.2%) and India (4.9%).
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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041225/whittlesea/topic/ancestry-heritage