51.4% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.2%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cairnlea · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cairnlea
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Cairnlea were born overseas, creating a multicultural hub where Asian heritage is very prominent. Vietnamese and Chinese ancestries are the most common, making the area far more diverse than the state or national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Vietnamese ancestry is the most common at 30.0%, followed by Chinese at 12.4%, while Australian ancestry is reported by 9.3% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 51.4% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the Victorian figure of 30.0%. This high level of migration is reflected in the birthplaces, with 21.0% of the population born in 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 Cairnlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20441/cairnlea/topic/ancestry-heritage