35.0% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Rowville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Rowville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than a third of people in Rowville were born overseas, a figure well above the national average. This international mix is reflected in the local ancestry, where English and Australian roots are common, but Chinese heritage is also very prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (25.9%) and Australian (25.3%) are the most common ancestries. Chinese ancestry is also significant at 13.4%, followed by Irish and Italian at 7.1% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Overseas-born residents make up 35% of the population, which is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Victorian figure of 30%. Most people were born in Australia (62.9%), while the largest overseas groups come from China (4.8%) and India (3.2%).
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 Rowville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22207/rowville/topic/ancestry-heritage