Demographics of
the Eastern Region
Demographic
profiles for each of the local government areas as well as
for the Eastern Region as a whole are available below.
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Demographic
Profile of the City of Knox ABS Census 2006 and DIAC Settlement
Database
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Demographic
Profile of the City of Monash ABS Census 2006 and DIAC
Settlement Database
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Demographic
Profile of the Shire of Yarra Ranges - ABS Census 2006
and DIAC Settlement Database
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Demographic
Profile of the City of Manningham ABS Census 2006 and
DIAC Settlement Database
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Demographic
Profile of the City of Boroondara ABS Census 2006 and
DIAC Settlement Database
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Demographic
Profile of the City of Maroondah ABS Census 2006 and DIAC
Settlement Database
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Demographic
Profile of the Eastern Region of Melbourne ABS Census
2006 and DIAC Settlement Database
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Demographic
Profile of the City of Whitehorse ABS Census 2006 and
DIAC Settlement Database
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Demographic
Profile of Residents in the Eastern Region aged 70 years or
greater ABS Census 2006
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Refugee Profiles ABS Census 2006 and DIAC Settlement Database
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Settlement Data 2004/2006
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ABS Census 2001
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Settlement Data 2001 to 2004
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ABS Census 1996
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Settlement Data 1996 to 2001
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ACFE & AMES Data 1999
Settlement Data is available from the Department of Immigration
and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs web site. The data
can be extracted by state, local government area, statistical
division etc and by country of birth, language , gender, migration
stream, English proficiency etc. The data is available from:
Settlement Data 2004-2006
Settlement data from the Department of Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs Settlement Database for 2005/06 and 2004/2005 is available
below. This data is indicative data as it is based on the
residential addresses given by people when they first land
in Australia:
ABS Census
2001
The ABS Census 2001 found that 20% (186,963)
people living in the Eastern Region speak a language other
than English at home. One hundred and fifty one different
languages are spoken across the Region by people born in over
190 different countries. The largest number of people who
speak a language other than English at home speak Greek (33,290)
followed by Cantonese (27908), Italian (24948), Mandarin (17493),
German (6206) Vietnamese (5816) and Arabic (5145).
Specific Languages
Below are graphs of the number and age of residents across
the Eastern Region by specific languages, and graphs of people
aged 50 plus by language and Local Government Area. Again
this information is from the ABS Census 2001.
Specific
Language graphs
People
aged 50 years or more
Settlement Data 2001 to
2004
In addition to ABS Census data, the MIC analyses settlement
data made available through DIMIA (Department of Immigration
and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs). The graphs below
detail settlement data for each LGA in the Eastern Region
from July 2001 until June 2004.
ABS Census 1996
The 1996 Census
figures showed that 167,750 (19.5% of the region's population)
were from non-English speaking backgrounds. Major languages
spoken in the region include Cantonese, Mandarin and Arabic.
In addition there were a number of people who recently settled
in the area who spoke Farsi and Dari as well languages from
the former Yugoslavia. There were also significant Vietnamese,
Khmer and Lao speaking communities and older, more established
communities including Italian, Greek, Hungarian, German, Dutch
and Armenian communities.
Settlement
Data 1996 to 2001
In addition to the ABS Census data, the MIC analyses settlement
data between each Census, made available through DIMIA (Department
of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs).
The graphs below detail settlement data for each LGA in the
Eastern Region between the 1996 Census and 2001 Census, including
total migration and breakdowns for specific types of migration
- humanitarian, skilled and family.
ACFE and AMES Data 1999
Below are graphs of the country of birth, age and types of
classes attended for Adult and Community Further Education
(ACFE ) and Adult Multicultural Education Services (AMES)
students in 1999.
Data
of migrants and refugees settling in the region will be updated
periodically.
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