5.3% ▲ +17.3%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Croydon · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Croydon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Croydon than in the rest of the country, with only 5.3% of residents arriving from abroad. This gap makes the area's profile much more uniform than the state or national average. Most people here identify with roots in Australia, England, or Ireland.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common, held by 42.5% of people, followed by English at 23.3% and Irish at 7.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.3% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%. This has barely changed since 2011, and the vast majority of people (78.6%) were born in Australia.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32600/croydon/topic/ancestry-heritage