30.6% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brunswick · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brunswick
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing share of the population in Brunswick now lists a diverse range of heritage, with 30.6% of people born overseas. This makes the area much more internationally diverse than most similar places, though it sits about the same as the Victorian average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 31.1%, followed by Australian at 25.2%. Other common roots include Irish, Scottish, and Italian heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 30.6% of residents were born overseas, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. While 66.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, New Zealand, Italy and China.
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 Brunswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20361/brunswick/topic/ancestry-heritage