47.7% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burnside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Burnside, which is a highly diverse area. Nearly half of all residents were born overseas, making it one of the most multicultural pockets in the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People of Australian (14.0%) and English (11.8%) descent are the largest groups, followed by those with Filipino, Vietnamese, and Indian ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost half of the population—47.7%—was born overseas, which is far above the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 49.1% were born in Australia, many others arrived from the Philippines, India and Vietnam.
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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20419/burnside/topic/ancestry-heritage