37.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Bonnie Brook · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher proportion of people now live in Bonnie Brook who were born overseas compared to the national figure. Over a third of the population was born outside Australia, with Indian ancestry now appearing as a significant part of the local mix.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries here, though Indian (6.3%), Irish (6.0%), and Italian (5.7%) backgrounds also make up a notable part of the community.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 37.5% of residents were born overseas, which is well above the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This reflects the high number of people born in India, who make up 8.7% of the population.
37.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Bonnie Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20282/bonnie-brook/topic/ancestry-heritage