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In 2021, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) had the highest proportion of recent overseas arrivals, making up 28.2% of the total recent overseas arrivals in the City of Knox.

Country of Birth data identifies where people were born. For recent arrivals, this indicates the countries which have provided overseas migrants to the City of Knox in the last 5 years. This may be quite different to the overall cultural makeup of the place, and indicates the emerging or changing birthplace groups in the most recent time period.

To get a more complete picture of cultural and ethnic characteristics, the City of Knox's Country of Birth data should be viewed together with Language Spoken at Home and Age Structure.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'In which country was the person born?'

Birthplace - Ranked by size
City of Knox - Recent arrivals2021
BirthplaceNumber%Greater Melbourne
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)1,65128.212.9
India87815.024.5
Sri Lanka4177.13.8
Malaysia4026.93.9
Philippines3245.54.0
Iran2013.41.4
Hong Kong (SAR of China)1753.01.2
United Kingdom1492.53.6
New Zealand1392.43.7
Vietnam1162.03.3
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021 (Usual residence data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
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Excludes countries with fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the country of birth of recent overseas arrivals in the City of Knox in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a similar proportion of people from a non-English speaking background.

The largest non-English speaking country of birth for the recent overseas arriving population in the City of Knox was China (excludes SARs and Taiwan), where 28.2% or 1,651 people were born.

The major differences between the countries of birth of the recent overseas arriving population in the City of Knox and Greater Melbourne were:

  • A larger percentage of people born in China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) (28.2% compared to 12.9%)
  • A larger percentage of people born in Sri Lanka (7.1% compared to 3.8%)
  • A larger percentage of people born in Malaysia (6.9% compared to 3.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of people born in India (15.0% compared to 24.5%)

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