45.9% —
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Among the highest proportions of overseas-born residents in similar areas is found in Broadmeadows, where 45.9% of people were born outside Australia. This creates a diverse local profile where those with Australian ancestry make up only 13.7% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (13.7%) and English (11.0%), followed by Italian at 7.0%, Indian at 3.6%, and Irish at 2.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Nearly 46% of people here were born overseas, a figure far above the Victorian (30.0%) and national (27.7%) figures. This proportion has barely changed since 2016 and is reflected in the mix of birthplaces, with India (2.9%), Italy (2.5%), Nepal (2.3%), and Vietnam (1.4%) being the most common non-Australian origins.
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 Broadmeadows (Northern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21203/broadmeadows/topic/ancestry-heritage