46.4% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.0%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mulgrave · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mulgrave
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Mulgrave were born overseas, a figure far above the Victorian and national averages. This creates a diverse community where Chinese, Australian, and English are the most common ancestries, alongside significant Greek and Italian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese is the most common ancestry at 17.0%, followed closely by Australian at 15.2% and English at 15.0%. Other notable groups include Greek at 9.5% and Italian at 7.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 46.4%, which is far above the 30.0% seen in Victoria and 27.7% across Australia. This figure rose 3.4 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (50.3%), China (6.2%), and India (5.2%).
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 Mulgrave [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212051325/mulgrave/topic/ancestry-heritage