36.3% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bentleigh · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Bentleigh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over one third of people in Bentleigh were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas of its kind. This global mix is reflected in a community where English and Australian ancestries are common, but Chinese and Irish roots are also very prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, followed by Chinese at 10.8%, Irish at 10.0%, and Scottish at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 36.3% of residents born overseas is well above the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 60.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 5.8% and India at 3.5%.
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 Bentleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20214/bentleigh/topic/ancestry-heritage