36.7% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.4%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kealba · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kealba
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of people in Kealba were born overseas, making it one of the most diverse areas of its kind. This high level of migration is reflected in a mix of ancestries, with the most common being Australian, English, Vietnamese, and Italian.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 18.8% and 15.4%, followed by Vietnamese (13.5%) and Italian (10.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 36.7% of residents were born overseas, which is well above the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. This is among the highest proportions for similar areas, with 9.5% 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 Kealba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21312/kealba/topic/ancestry-heritage