32.5% ▲ +270.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Melton · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Melton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A massive 24 percentage point jump in the overseas-born population since 2011 has transformed Melton into a diverse hub. Now, over 32% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that sits well above the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian (25.9%) and English (24.7%), while Indian (6.8%), Irish (5.7%) and Scottish (5.5%) also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 32.5% of people here were born overseas, which is a little above the Victorian figure and among the highest for similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the birthplaces of residents, with 7.5% born in India and 2.9% in New Zealand.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL211002/melton/topic/ancestry-heritage