11.5% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eden · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eden
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far smaller share of people were born overseas in Eden than in the rest of the state, with only 11.5% arriving from abroad. This reflects a population rooted in traditional ties, where nearly 80% of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 42.0% and 36.8% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots also feature strongly at 10.7% and 10.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.5% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (79.0%), followed by England at 3.6% and New Zealand at 1.2%.
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 Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11378/eden/topic/ancestry-heritage