17.0% —
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Monbulk (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The mix of backgrounds in Monbulk has barely changed over the last decade, remaining a very traditional area. Around 80% of residents were born in Australia, with those of English and Australian ancestry making up the vast majority of the community.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 44.1% and 39.1% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots are also significant, each representing over 12% of the community.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 17.0% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%) totals. This proportion has barely changed since 2016, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.4%.
17.0% —
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Monbulk (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25102/monbulk/topic/ancestry-heritage