48.7% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Broadmeadows · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Broadmeadows
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Broadmeadows were born overseas, which is far above the state and national figures. This high level of migration creates a diverse community where Australian and English ancestries are common, but are followed by significant Indian, Irish and Italian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 13.4% and 10.9%. Other frequent roots include Indian (3.3%), Irish (2.3%) and Italian (2.2%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost one in two people here were born overseas, at 48.7%, which is far above the Victorian figure of 30.0%. Besides those born in Australia (41.1%), the most common birthplaces are Nepal (4.4%), India (3.5%), Vietnam (1.7%) and the Philippines (1.7%).
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 Broadmeadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20346/broadmeadows/topic/ancestry-heritage