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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, India had the highest proportion of recent overseas arrivals, making up 20.3% of the total recent overseas arrivals in the City of Greater Bendigo.
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 Greater Bendigo 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 Greater Bendigo'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 Greater Bendigo - Recent arrivals | 2021 | ||
| Birthplace | Number | % | Regional VIC |
| India | 476 | 20.3 | 19.5 |
| Thailand | 261 | 11.1 | 3.4 |
| Philippines | 238 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| Myanmar | 218 | 9.3 | 1.5 |
| United Kingdom | 107 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
| Malaysia | 96 | 4.1 | 8.0 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) | 88 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
| Nepal | 79 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| Sri Lanka | 78 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| New Zealand | 65 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the country of birth of recent overseas arrivals in the City of Greater Bendigo 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 the City of Greater Bendigo was India, where 20.3% or 476 people were born.
The major differences between the countries of birth of the recent overseas arriving population in the City of Greater Bendigo and Regional VIC were:
- A larger percentage of people born in Myanmar (9.3% compared to 1.5%)
- A larger percentage of people born in Thailand (11.1% compared to 3.4%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in Malaysia (4.1% compared to 8.0%)
- A smaller percentage of people born in China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) (3.8% compared to 6.0%)
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