27.2% —
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Essendon (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Essendon (Western Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse cultural roots shape the daily life of Essendon (Western Metropolitan), where over a quarter of the population was born outside Australia. While English and Australian ancestries are most common, there is a strong European influence seen in the large numbers of people with Italian and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 26.5%, followed by Australian at 24.4%. Italian and Irish roots are also prominent, representing 13.5% and 13.2% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27.2% of people were born overseas, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits slightly below the Victorian average. Most residents were born in Australia (68.7%), while the most common overseas birthplaces are India, Italy, England and Vietnam.
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 Essendon (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22607/essendon/topic/ancestry-heritage