51.5% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eastlakes · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eastlakes
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far greater proportion of people were born overseas in Eastlakes than in the rest of the country. Over half the population—51.5%—was born outside Australia, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a diverse community with a wide range of cultural roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 12.5% and Australian at 12.2%. Chinese (9.8%), Greek (8.9%), and Irish (5.1%) ancestries also make up a significant part of the local mix.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of the residents were born overseas, a figure far above the New South Wales average of 29.3%. Aside from those born in Australia (42.6%), the most common birthplaces are China, the Philippines, India, and New Zealand.
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 Eastlakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11371/eastlakes/topic/ancestry-heritage