8.8% ▲ +179.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mead · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mead
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far lower share of people were born overseas in Mead than in the rest of Victoria. While the state average is 30%, only 8.8% of residents here were born abroad, making it a very traditional Australian community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestries are the most common, while Filipino ancestry is also noted at 6.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (80.4%), with the Philippines being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.9%.
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 Mead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21633/mead/topic/ancestry-heritage