44.9% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyndham Vale - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 45% of people in Wyndham Vale - North were born overseas, a figure far higher than in most other areas. This creates a diverse community where Indian and English backgrounds are as common as Australian ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 20.5%, followed by English at 18.6% and Indian at 17.0%. Irish and Scottish backgrounds are also present, though at much lower rates of 4.0% and 3.8%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of residents born overseas is 44.9%, which is far above the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national average of 27.7%. This high overseas birth rate is reflected in the data, with 17.5% of people born in India, while 48.7% were born in Australia.
44.9% —
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyndham Vale - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213051589/wyndham-vale-north/topic/ancestry-heritage