5.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Monomeith · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Monomeith
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few people born overseas live in Monomeith, a trend that has remained stable since 2011. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with 94.2% of the population born here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim Australian (62.3%), English (39.1%), or Scottish (18.8%) ancestry. Irish and Dutch heritage are also common, at 15.9% and 8.7% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national average of 27.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas.
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 Monomeith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21731/monomeith/topic/ancestry-heritage