7.4% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eglinton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eglinton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Eglinton, where 46.7% of residents claim this background. The area is very strongly tied to its roots, with a small percentage of people born overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is also very common at 44.6%, followed by Irish (12.4%) and Scottish (11.1%) backgrounds. German heritage is less frequent at 3.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.4% of people were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (89.0%), with smaller numbers from England, New Zealand, India and South Africa.
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 Eglinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11389/eglinton/topic/ancestry-heritage