34.2% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Oak Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Oak Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A significantly higher share of people were born overseas in Oak Park compared to the rest of the state. This diversity is reflected in the local mix, where 34.2% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English, Australian, and Italian are the most common ancestries here, with English leading at 23.7% and Italian at 12.8%. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 9.1% and 6.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 34.2% of people were born overseas, a figure that stands among the highest for similar areas and is 4.2 points above the Victorian average. While 62% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India, Nepal, China, and Italy.
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 Oak Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21998/oak-park/topic/ancestry-heritage