28.5% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Crestwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Crestwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Overseas births have remained steady in Crestwood, where 28.5% of residents were born outside Australia. This is much higher than in most similar areas. The community is predominantly of Australian and English descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 31% and 29.9% of the population respectively. Irish (9.6%), Scottish (7.9%), and Italian (5.3%) ancestries also feature prominently.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 28.5% of people were born overseas, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and national averages. While 66.6% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India (5.4%), Nepal (3.3%), and the Philippines (2.1%).
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 Crestwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11116/crestwood/topic/ancestry-heritage