32.8% —
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A well above national average 32.8% of people in Ringwood were born overseas. This mix of backgrounds is reflected in a diverse community where Chinese ancestry is a significant presence at 15.7%. The area has become increasingly international over recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 29.9% and 27.7% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 9.7% and 8.9% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than three in ten residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is a little above the Victorian average and rose 2.0 percentage points since 2016. While 64.3% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China, India, and England.
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 Ringwood (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27101/ringwood/topic/ancestry-heritage