39.0% ▲ +30.3%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 39.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
McKinnon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in McKinnon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly four in ten people in McKinnon were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This creates a diverse local profile where English and Australian ancestries are common, but Chinese heritage is also very prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 25.6%, followed by Australian at 22.0% and Chinese at 17.0%. Irish and Scottish roots are also noted at 9.2% and 7.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 39.0% of residents born overseas, the area is well above the Victorian figure of 30.0% and far above the national average of 27.7%. While 58.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (9.2%) and India (3.3%).
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 McKinnon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21629/mckinnon/topic/ancestry-heritage