9.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Prospect
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Mount Prospect compared to the rest of the state. Only 9.8% of residents arrived from another country, which is much lower than the Victorian figure of 30%. This highlights a population with very deep local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is split almost evenly between Australian and English roots, both at 29.3%. German ancestry is also common at 22%, followed by Scottish at 14.6% and Irish at 12.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia, accounting for 85.4% of the population. This explains why the 9.8% born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Mount Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21808/mount-prospect/topic/ancestry-heritage