City of Moonee Valley
Birthplace
In 2016, 27.6% of people in the City of Moonee Valley were born overseas, compared with 28.8% in Milleara (N).
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born and is indicative of the level of cultural diversity in the City of Moonee Valley. The mix of Country of Birth groups is also indicative of historical settlement patterns, as source countries for Australia's immigration program have varied significantly over time.
To get a more complete picture of cultural and ethnic characteristics, the City of Moonee Valley's Country of Birth data should be viewed together with Ancestry, Language Spoken at Home and Religion.
Please note: Due to changes in ABS rules around perturbation and additivity of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual birthplace groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS. For more information see notes on data confidentiality.
Derived from the Census question:
'In which country was the person born?'
Total population
| Birthplace - Summary | ||||||||
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| City of Moonee Valley - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Milleara (N) % | Number | % | Milleara (N) % | 2011 to 2016 | |
 Total overseas born | 32,205 | 27.6 | 28.8 | 38000 | 29,377 | 27.3 | 29.9 | +2,828 |
| Australia | 76,902 | 65.9 | 65.5 | 38004 | 72,391 | 67.4 | 65.3 | +4,511 |
| Not stated | 7,572 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 38006 | 5,675 | 5.3 | 4.8 | +1,897 |
| Total Population | 116,679 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 107,443 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +9,236 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Birthplace - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| City of Moonee Valley - Overseas born (Usual residence) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Milleara (N) % | Number | % | Milleara (N) % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Italy | 4,827 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 30017 | 5,390 | 5.0 | 8.2 | -563 |
| India | 2,748 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 30013 | 2,436 | 2.3 | 1.7 | +312 |
| United Kingdom | 2,578 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 30036 | 2,523 | 2.3 | 2.1 | +55 |
| Vietnam | 2,325 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 30038 | 1,986 | 1.8 | 2.3 | +339 |
| China | 1,848 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 30005 | 1,465 | 1.4 | 0.7 | +383 |
| New Zealand | 1,431 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 30023 | 1,277 | 1.2 | 0.7 | +154 |
| Greece | 1,419 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 30011 | 1,469 | 1.4 | 2.4 | -50 |
| Philippines | 683 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 30027 | 538 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +145 |
| Malaysia | 669 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 30020 | 512 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +157 |
| Malta | 654 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 30021 | 751 | 0.7 | 1.2 | -97 |
| Sri Lanka | 541 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 30033 | 484 | 0.5 | 0.5 | +57 |
| Croatia | 531 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 30006 | 593 | 0.6 | 0.8 | -62 |
| Ethiopia | 513 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 30081 | 441 | 0.4 | 0.1 | +72 |
| Egypt | 499 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 30007 | 457 | 0.4 | 0.7 | +42 |
| Iran | 482 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 30049 | 154 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +328 |
| Germany | 450 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 30010 | 491 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -41 |
| Ireland | 437 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 30016 | 366 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +71 |
| Nepal | 376 | 0.3 | -- | 30102 | 172 | 0.2 | -- | +204 |
| United States of America | 375 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 30037 | 281 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +94 |
| Hong Kong | 334 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 30012 | 317 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +17 |
| Serbia / Montenegro (fmr Yugoslavia) | 328 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 30032 | 301 | 0.3 | 0.3 | +27 |
| Lebanon | 314 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 30019 | 326 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -12 |
| Somalia | 304 | 0.3 | -- | 30117 | 294 | 0.3 | -- | +10 |
| Turkey | 303 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 30035 | 275 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +28 |
| Poland | 272 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 30028 | 318 | 0.3 | 0.5 | -46 |
| Thailand | 270 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30034 | 173 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +97 |
| Chile | 257 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 30045 | 236 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +21 |
| North Macedonia | 253 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 30009 | 289 | 0.3 | 0.6 | -36 |
| South Korea | 248 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 30029 | 155 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +93 |
| Indonesia | 246 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30014 | 190 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +56 |
| South Africa | 237 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30031 | 158 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +79 |
| Singapore | 223 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30030 | 180 | 0.2 | 0.0 | +43 |
| Sudan | 222 | 0.2 | -- | 30134 | 222 | 0.2 | -- | 0 |
| Canada | 209 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30004 | 171 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +38 |
| Colombia | 203 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 30071 | 122 | 0.1 | -- | +81 |
| Japan | 201 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30018 | 178 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +23 |
| Pakistan | 193 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 30108 | 95 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +98 |
| Eritrea | 193 | 0.2 | -- | 30079 | 191 | 0.2 | -- | +2 |
| Cyprus | 172 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 30046 | 177 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -5 |
| Netherlands | 160 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30022 | 183 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -23 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 158 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 30003 | 131 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +27 |
| Taiwan | 140 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30058 | 47 | 0.0 | -- | +93 |
| Mauritius | 135 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30052 | 144 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -9 |
| France | 127 | 0.1 | -- | 30039 | 94 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +33 |
| Argentina | 126 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30041 | 139 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -13 |
| Syria | 122 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30121 | 77 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +45 |
| Brazil | 116 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30067 | 62 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +54 |
| Fiji | 110 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30008 | 94 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +16 |
| Spain | 108 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30057 | 106 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +2 |
| Kenya | 107 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30088 | 75 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +32 |
| El Salvador | 106 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30078 | 98 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +8 |
| Iraq | 106 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30015 | 68 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +38 |
| Saudi Arabia | 102 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30111 | 84 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +18 |
| Slovenia | 99 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30116 | 128 | 0.1 | 0.3 | -29 |
| Bangladesh | 90 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 30063 | 55 | 0.1 | -- | +35 |
| Ukraine | 89 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30060 | 127 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -38 |
| East Timor | 85 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30047 | 98 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -13 |
| Russian Federation | 80 | 0.1 | -- | 30056 | 58 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +22 |
| Austria | 79 | 0.1 | -- | 30042 | 77 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +2 |
| Hungary | 64 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30048 | 64 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Uruguay | 61 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30127 | 56 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Cambodia | 60 | 0.1 | -- | 30044 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Mexico | 59 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 30097 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +28 |
| Sweden | 54 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30119 | 47 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Portugal | 54 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30054 | 65 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -11 |
| Laos | 52 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30091 | 49 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| South Sudan | 51 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30135 | 28 | 0.0 | -- | +23 |
| Libya | 49 | 0.0 | -- | 30094 | 43 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +6 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 0.0 | -- | 30120 | 29 | 0.0 | -- | +19 |
| Romania | 48 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 30055 | 21 | 0.0 | -- | +27 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30026 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +21 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30131 | 30 | 0.0 | -- | +16 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 39 | 0.0 | -- | 30070 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 34 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30126 | 31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Kuwait | 32 | 0.0 | -- | 30090 | 23 | 0.0 | -- | +9 |
| Peru | 31 | 0.0 | -- | 30109 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
| Latvia | 30 | 0.0 | -- | 30092 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +6 |
| Afghanistan | 29 | 0.0 | -- | 30061 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Albania | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30062 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +5 |
| Denmark | 25 | 0.0 | -- | 30075 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 22 | 0.0 | -- | 30068 | 7 | 0.0 | -- | +15 |
| Uganda | 22 | 0.0 | -- | 30125 | 9 | 0.0 | -- | +13 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30104 | 14 | 0.0 | -- | +7 |
| Macau | 20 | 0.0 | -- | 30096 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -1 |
| Finland | 20 | 0.0 | -- | 30082 | 27 | 0.0 | -- | -7 |
| Samoa | 17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30110 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +11 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 0.0 | -- | 30122 | 8 | 0.0 | -- | +9 |
| Israel | 16 | 0.0 | -- | 30086 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +3 |
| Czechia | 15 | 0.0 | -- | 30074 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Belgium | 15 | 0.0 | -- | 30065 | 20 | 0.0 | -- | -5 |
| Lithuania | 15 | 0.0 | -- | 30095 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -1 |
| Bulgaria | 14 | 0.0 | -- | 30069 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Estonia | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 30080 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -5 |
| Norway | 13 | 0.0 | -- | 30105 | 14 | 0.0 | -- | -1 |
| Seychelles | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30113 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +1 |
| Jordan | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30087 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -7 |
| Ecuador | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 30077 | 0 | -- | -- | +11 |
| Cook Islands | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30073 | 3 | 0.0 | -- | +8 |
| Bhutan | 11 | 0.0 | -- | 30132 | 0 | -- | -- | +11 |
| Tonga | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30123 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +7 |
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Excludes countries of birth with fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the country of birth of the population in the City of Moonee Valley in 2016 compared to Milleara (N) shows that there was a smaller proportion of people born overseas.
Overall, 27.6% of the population was born overseas, compared with 28.8% for Milleara (N).
The largest non-English speaking country of birth in the City of Moonee Valley was Italy, where 4.1% of the population, or 4,827 people, were born.
The major difference between the countries of birth of the population in the City of Moonee Valley and Milleara (N) was:
- A smaller percentage of people born in Italy (4.1% compared to 6.6%)
Emerging groups
Between 2011 and 2016, the number of people born overseas increased by 2,828 or 9.6%.
The largest changes in birthplace countries of the population in this area between 2011 and 2016 were for those born in:
- Italy (-563 persons)
- China (+383 persons)
- Vietnam (+339 persons)
- Iran (+328 persons)