8.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Crosslands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Crosslands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.8% of people in Crosslands were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes it a place where the vast majority of residents have deep roots in Australia, with nearly half the population claiming Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 47.8% and 44.9% of the population respectively. Scottish (9.6%) and Irish (7.8%) roots are also prominent.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born-in-Australia figures are much higher than in most areas, at 86.9%. This is far below the New South Wales rate of 29.3%, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 3.0%.
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 Crosslands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11128/crosslands/topic/ancestry-heritage