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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, United Kingdom had the highest proportion of recent overseas arrivals, making up 16.6% of the total recent overseas arrivals in Nillumbik Shire.
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born. For recent arrivals, this indicates the countries which have provided overseas migrants to Nillumbik Shire 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, Nillumbik Shire'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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nillumbik Shire - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Interface councils |
| United Kingdom | 113 | 16.6 | 1.9 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) | 103 | 15.2 | 4.0 |
| South Africa | 44 | 6.5 | 1.0 |
| New Zealand | 43 | 6.3 | 4.9 |
| India | 31 | 4.6 | 35.9 |
| United States of America | 30 | 4.4 | 0.7 |
| Iran | 29 | 4.3 | 1.0 |
| Philippines | 22 | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| Thailand | 21 | 3.1 | 1.2 |
| Syria | 18 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the country of birth of recent overseas arrivals in Nillumbik Shire in 2021 compared to Interface councils 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 Nillumbik Shire was United Kingdom, where 16.6% or 113 people were born.
The major differences between the countries of birth of the recent overseas arriving population in Nillumbik Shire and Interface councils were:
- A larger percentage of people born in United Kingdom (16.6% compared to 1.9%)
- A larger percentage of people born in China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) (15.2% compared to 4.0%)
- A larger percentage of people born in South Africa (6.5% compared to 1.0%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in India (4.6% compared to 35.9%)
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