10.1% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Browns Plains · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Browns Plains
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Browns Plains compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.1% of the population was born outside Australia, a figure that sits far below the Victorian average of 30%. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than most other parts of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here, making up 47.5% and 44.4% of the population. Other common roots include Irish (19.2%), German (13.1%), and Scottish (11.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of residents were born in Australia, accounting for 92.9% of the population. This explains why the 10.1% born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20357/browns-plains/topic/ancestry-heritage