36.6% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eveleigh · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eveleigh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of people in Eveleigh were born overseas, which is well above the national figure. This high level of international birthplaces creates a diverse community where the most common ancestries are Australian, English, and Chinese.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most frequent ancestries for residents are Australian at 23.3% and English at 22.1%, followed by Chinese at 10.4%, Irish at 8.7% and Scottish at 7.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 36.6% of people were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages. While 56.4% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are Vietnam at 4.5% and England at 4.0%.
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 Eveleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11474/eveleigh/topic/ancestry-heritage