54.8% ▲ +34.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.8%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eastgardens · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eastgardens
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Chinese ancestry is the most common in Eastgardens, where 23.9% of people claim this heritage. The area is a multicultural hub with a very high proportion of residents born outside Australia, far exceeding both state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Along with Chinese ancestry, many residents identify as English (15.9%), Australian (12.3%), Irish (12.0%) or Italian (5.4%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half the population (54.8%) was born overseas, a figure far above the 29.3% seen in New South Wales. China is the most common birthplace outside Australia, accounting for 12.3% of the people living here.
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 Eastgardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11370/eastgardens/topic/ancestry-heritage