16.5% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Belgrave South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Belgrave South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher proportion of people in Belgrave South were born overseas than in most similar areas. While 16.5% of residents were born outside Australia, the community remains dominated by English and Australian ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 47% and 42.3% of the population respectively. Other notable groups include Irish at 12% and Scottish at 10.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 16.5% of residents born overseas is far below the Victoria figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (81.5%), followed by England (5.8%) and New Zealand (1.9%).
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 Belgrave South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20190/belgrave-south/topic/ancestry-heritage