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How multicultural is your suburb? – By Charis Chang, Ken Macleod Source : sbs Australia is becoming even more multicultural. Search for where your neighbours were born, what language they speak and what religion they follow. In today’s Australia, about 28 per cent of people were born overseas and almost half have a parent who was born overseas – but in some places, that percentage is much higher. The  2021 Census results , released this year, revealed more than one million new migrants have been welcomed into Australia since 2017, and around 220,000 came from India – the largest increase in country of birth outside of Australia. India has now overtaken China and New Zealand to become the third largest country of birth behind Australia and England. Search the map below to see the top countries of birth in your suburb (not including Australia) and read on to explore two more ...