47.7% ▲ +24.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Waverley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Waverley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Mount Waverley were born overseas, a figure that has grown significantly since 2011. This makes the area far more diverse than the typical Victorian suburb, with Chinese ancestry now the most common identity at 26.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most frequent at 26.7%, followed by English at 18.4% and Australian at 15.6%. Other common ancestries include Indian at 7.7% and Greek at 6.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost 47.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the 30% seen across Victoria and the 27.7% national figure. While 49.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 13% and India at 6.1%.
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 Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21816/mount-waverley/topic/ancestry-heritage