49.2% ▲ +313.9%
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Prospect · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Prospect
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common in Prospect, where 13.6% of people claim this heritage. Nearly half the population was born overseas, a figure that has climbed sharply over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (11.6%), Indian (10.8%), Italian (6.1%), and Chinese (5.3%) ancestries also make up significant portions of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 49.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen steeply since 2011, when only 11.9% of the area was born abroad.
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10070/prospect/topic/ancestry-heritage