21.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Elanora Heights · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Elanora Heights
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in backgrounds has seen more people born overseas moving to Elanora Heights since 2011. While 21% of residents were born outside Australia, the area remains predominantly English and Australian in its ancestral roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 43.6% and 39.8% of the population respectively, followed by Irish at 12.2% and Scottish at 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 21% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most residents were born here (77.3%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.9%.
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 Elanora Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11392/elanora-heights/topic/ancestry-heritage