51.1% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.5%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Roxburgh Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Roxburgh Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of all residents in Roxburgh Park were born overseas, reflecting a significant shift in the area's makeup since 2011. This high level of international migration is a defining feature of the suburb, where overseas birthplaces are far more common than in the rest of Victoria.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries reported are Australian at 11.5% and English at 7.8%, followed by Italian, Indian and Filipino backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over half of the population (51.1%) was born overseas, a figure far above the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. While 44.7% were born in Australia, other common birthplaces include India, the Philippines, Nepal and New Zealand.
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 Roxburgh Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22208/roxburgh-park/topic/ancestry-heritage