12.4% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Grahamvale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Grahamvale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 12.4% of people in Grahamvale were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the state or the rest of the country. Most residents share deep roots in the region, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (33.9%) and Australian (32.0%) are the most common ancestries here. Italian (11.8%), Irish (10.5%), and Scottish (8.9%) also make up significant shares of the local population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A large majority of the population was born in Australia (82.5%). The percentage of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%, with small numbers of people born in New Zealand, Italy, England, and South Africa.
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 Grahamvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21084/grahamvale/topic/ancestry-heritage