46.4% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.0%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 46.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all people in Burwood were born overseas, placing the area among the highest for overseas birthplaces at this level. This international mix is reflected in the local ancestry, where Chinese and English heritage are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Chinese at 25.0%, English at 20.9%, and Australian at 18.5%. Irish and Indian backgrounds are also common, making up 7.4% and 6.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 46.4%, the proportion of people born overseas is far above the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). While 48.7% were born in Australia, the largest overseas groups are from China (13.4%) and India (6.2%).
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 Burwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20426/burwood/topic/ancestry-heritage