21.5% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mooroolbark · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mooroolbark
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people have listed an overseas birth in Mooroolbark than in previous censuses, though it remains less diverse than the state average. While the area is heavily rooted in English and Australian ancestry, about 21.5% of residents were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 39.0% and 37.6% of the population. Other significant groups include Irish and Scottish backgrounds, each at 9.8%, and Italian at 5.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 21.5% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%), with 75.6% of residents born in Australia.
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 Mooroolbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21755/mooroolbark/topic/ancestry-heritage