41.9% —
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 41.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cranbourne (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cranbourne (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas born residents in Cranbourne have grown by 4.4 percentage points since 2016, reaching 41.9% of the population. This makes the area far more diverse than the state and national averages. Indian ancestry and birthplaces now stand out as major influences in the local community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common at 22.4% and 22.3% respectively, while Indian ancestry is also prominent at 12.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Forty-one percent of people here were born overseas, a figure far above the 30% seen across Victoria. This high proportion is reflected in the birthplaces of residents, where India is the most common overseas origin at 12.3%.
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 Cranbourne (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22105/cranbourne/topic/ancestry-heritage