35.9% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a quarter more people in Caulfield were born overseas in 2021 than in 2011. This makes the area much more multicultural than most other places, with 35.9% of residents born outside Australia. A mix of English, Irish and Chinese heritage is common here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 24.2% and 23.5%. Other significant groups include Irish at 9.0%, Scottish at 6.7% and Chinese at 5.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than a third of people in Caulfield were born overseas, which is well above the 30.0% figure for Victoria. This proportion rose 4.4 percentage points since 2011, with the most common birthplaces being Australia (60.1%), India (3.4%) and South Africa (3.3%).
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 Caulfield (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21906/caulfield/topic/ancestry-heritage