4.8% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Melville Forest · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Melville Forest
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small proportion of people were born overseas in Melville Forest, which has remained a consistent trend since 2011. This sparsely populated area is dominated by residents with English, Irish, and Scottish roots, with 47.6% claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the population identifies as Australian, while 39.7% have English ancestry. Other common roots include Irish and Scottish, both at 17.5%, and German at 4.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7% and the Victorian figure of 30%. Most people here were born in Australia, accounting for 82.5% of the population.
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 Melville Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21645/melville-forest/topic/ancestry-heritage