13.2% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Manifold Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Manifold Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle of similar areas for its mix of backgrounds, Manifold Heights is a suburb where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia. While English and Australian ancestries are most common, there is also a notable Irish and Scottish heritage among the community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.8%, followed by Australian at 35.2%, Irish at 17.0%, Scottish at 13.1% and Italian at 6.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). Most residents were born in Australia (84.1%), with smaller numbers from England (2.2%), India (1.7%), New Zealand (0.9%) and Italy (0.7%).
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 Manifold Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21593/manifold-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage