39.8% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.8%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 39.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Avondale Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Avondale Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 40% of people in Avondale Heights were born overseas, which is far above the national figure. This high proportion of overseas-born residents helps explain why Italian and Asian ancestries are so prominent in the area.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Italian is the most common ancestry at 23.9%, followed by Australian at 15.7% and English at 13.9%. Chinese and Vietnamese ancestries also make up a significant part of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 39.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well above the Victorian average. Italy is the most common birthplace outside of Australia, with 8.7% of the population born there.
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 Avondale Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20089/avondale-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage