27.6% —
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Melton (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Melton (Western Victoria)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About the same as the national average, 27.6% of people in Melton were born overseas. This creates a diverse community where the most common ancestries are Australian and English, though Indian heritage is also prominent. The area has seen a notable increase in its overseas-born population over the last five years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries here at 29.6% and 28.4%. Other significant groups include Irish at 7.3%, Scottish at 7.0%, and Indian at 5.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas rose 6.8 percentage points since 2016 to reach 27.6%. This is about the same as the national figure and a little below Victoria's 30.0%, with the largest overseas groups coming from India (5.9%) and New Zealand (2.5%).
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 Melton (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24808/melton/topic/ancestry-heritage