11.8% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Malmsbury · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Malmsbury
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of the people in Malmsbury claim English ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. The community is predominantly Australian-born and draws heavily from British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 49%, followed by Australian at 38.2%. Other common heritages include Irish at 16.2% and Scottish at 13.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.8% of residents were born overseas, a figure far below the Victorian average of 30%. This proportion has fallen slightly since 2011, with 82.3% of the population born in Australia.
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 Malmsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221045/malmsbury/topic/ancestry-heritage