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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, United Kingdom had the highest proportion of recent overseas arrivals, making up 15.0% of the total recent overseas arrivals in City of Port Phillip.
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born. For recent arrivals, this indicates the countries which have provided overseas migrants to City of Port Phillip 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, City of Port Phillip'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 Port Phillip - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Greater Melbourne |
| United Kingdom | 1,353 | 15.0 | 3.6 |
| India | 988 | 10.9 | 24.5 |
| Ireland | 703 | 7.8 | 0.8 |
| Colombia | 596 | 6.6 | 1.7 |
| New Zealand | 527 | 5.8 | 3.7 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) | 430 | 4.8 | 12.9 |
| Brazil | 367 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| United States of America | 364 | 4.0 | 1.4 |
| Philippines | 238 | 2.6 | 4.0 |
| France | 231 | 2.6 | 0.5 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the country of birth of recent overseas arrivals in City of Port Phillip 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 Port Phillip was United Kingdom, where 15.0% or 1,353 people were born.
The major differences between the countries of birth of the recent overseas arriving population in the City of Port Phillip and Greater Melbourne were:
- A larger percentage of people born in United Kingdom (15.0% compared to 3.6%)
- A larger percentage of people born in Ireland (7.8% compared to 0.8%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in India (10.9% compared to 24.5%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) (4.8% compared to 12.9%)
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