54.3% —
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mount Waverley (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 living in Mount Waverley were born overseas, making it one of the most culturally diverse areas in the region. This international mix is clear in the local ancestry, where Chinese and Indian roots are now as common as English or Australian ones.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 33.5%, followed by English at 16% and Australian at 13%. Indian (8.8%) and Irish (4.8%) ancestries also make up a significant part of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over half of residents (54.3%) were born overseas, a figure far above the 30% seen across Victoria. This proportion has risen since 2016, with 16.2% of people born in China and 7.3% in India.
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 Mount Waverley (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25501/mount-waverley/topic/ancestry-heritage