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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, Philippines had the highest proportion of recent overseas arrivals, making up 20.5% of the total recent overseas arrivals in Wellington Shire.
Country of Birth data identifies where people were born. For recent arrivals, this indicates the countries which have provided overseas migrants to Wellington 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, Wellington Shire's Country of Birth data should be viewed together with Language Spoken at Home and Age Structure.
'In which country was the person born?'
Birthplace - Ranked by size | |||
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Wellington Shire - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
Birthplace | Number | % | Regional VIC |
Philippines | 117 | 20.5 | 10.1 |
India | 69 | 12.1 | 19.5 |
United Kingdom | 54 | 9.5 | 5.8 |
New Zealand | 40 | 7.0 | 3.5 |
South Africa | 35 | 6.1 | 2.2 |
Vietnam | 21 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
Thailand | 19 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
United States of America | 19 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
Sri Lanka | 16 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
Nepal | 15 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
Analysis of the country of birth of recent overseas arrivals in Wellington Shire in 2021 compared to Regional VIC 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 Wellington Shire was Philippines, where 20.5% or 117 people were born.
The major differences between the countries of birth of the recent overseas arriving population in Wellington Shire and Regional VIC were:
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