32.9% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bell Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bell Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of global backgrounds shapes daily life in Bell Park, where 32.9% of residents were born overseas. This is well above the national figure, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas of its kind.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (24%) and English (23.6%), followed by Irish, Italian, and Scottish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About one-third of the population was born outside Australia, a figure slightly above the Victorian average. While most people were born in Australia (62.1%), India, Italy, the Philippines, and England are the most frequent overseas birthplaces.
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 Bell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20191/bell-park/topic/ancestry-heritage