58.8% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Point Cook - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Point Cook - South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Point Cook - South were born overseas, a figure that has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2016. This area is now far more diverse than the rest of Victoria and Australia, with Indian and Chinese ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Indian ancestry is the most frequent at 25.9%, followed by Chinese at 16.4%, English at 12.2% and Australian at 10.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 58.8%, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This is among the highest levels for similar areas, with 22.3% of the population born in India and 6.7% in China.
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 Point Cook - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051466/point-cook-south/topic/ancestry-heritage