45.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.1%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maidstone · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Maidstone
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost half of the people in Maidstone were born overseas, marking a significant increase in diversity since 2011. This shift is reflected in the local ancestry, where Vietnamese and English backgrounds are now the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Vietnamese is the most common ancestry at 17.6%, followed closely by English at 17.5% and Australian at 16.3%. Chinese and Irish backgrounds also make up a notable part of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas birth rates are among the highest for similar areas at 45.0%, which is far above the 30.0% figure for Victoria and the 27.7% national average. While 49.9% were born in Australia, many others arrived from Vietnam, India, China, and the Philippines.
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 Maidstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21575/maidstone/topic/ancestry-heritage