55.4% ▲ +121.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) were born overseas, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the wide range of heritages and birthplaces that define the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 12.3% and Australian at 11.9%, followed by Indian (6.9%), Chinese (5.3%), and Italian (3.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 55.4% of residents were born overseas, far above the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has risen sharply by 30 percentage points since 2011, with India being the most common birthplace outside Australia at 7.5%.
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 Dandenong (South-Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22305/dandenong/topic/ancestry-heritage