35.6% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.9%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brooklyn · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brooklyn
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents has shaped the local identity of Brooklyn, with 35.6% of people now born in another country. This is well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia, making it one of the most diverse areas of its kind.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 23.2%, followed by Australian at 18.7% and Italian at 9.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over a third of the population was born overseas, which is much higher than the national figure of 27.7%. While 57.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India, New Zealand, Vietnam and Italy.
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 Brooklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20352/brooklyn/topic/ancestry-heritage