40.1% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wyndham Vale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wyndham Vale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural backgrounds shape daily life in Wyndham Vale, where 40.1% of people were born overseas. This is far above the national figure of 27.7%. The community is a mix of long-term residents and new arrivals from across the globe.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, each accounting for about 23%. Indian ancestry is also prominent at 13.2%, while Scottish and Irish backgrounds each make up 5.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Four in ten residents were born overseas, a rate among the highest for similar areas and well above Victoria's 30%. While 54.7% were born in Australia, 13.1% were born in India, followed by smaller groups from New Zealand, England and the Philippines.
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 Wyndham Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22883/wyndham-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage