Where the Serbian community lives in Geelong

Bell Post Hill has the largest Serbian community: 2.4% of residents reported Serbian ancestry and 1.6% speak Serbian at home. Norlane and Bell Park follow. In Geelong suburbs of 2,000+ residents, 0.6% of people reported Serbian ancestry (2021 Census).

Suburbs are ordered by the share of residents who reported Serbian ancestry. The census publishes no Serbia birthplace: most arrivals predate the country's current borders and were recorded as Yugoslav-born, so ancestry reaches two generations that a birthplace count would miss. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included, and percentile ranks are computed within Geelong's pool, so the list reflects concentration relative to other metro suburbs.

They are different census angles on the Serbian community: ancestry is the broadest, since it includes people born here and language at home counts the actively speaking core. They rarely match, and seeing them together tells you whether a suburb's community is long-established, newly-arrived, or somewhere in between.

They measure different things and come from different census questions. Ancestry is a multiple-response question (a person can report up to two), so it isn't a clean share of population; birthplace counts only people born overseas; and language counts only those who still speak it at home. This is descriptive demographic data, not a recommendation to seek out or avoid anywhere.

The figures are from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027. The top 15 is recomputed whenever we refresh the census data.