7.7% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cardross · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cardross
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Cardross than in most similar areas. Only 7.7% of the population arrived from another country, which is much lower than the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 47.2% and 34.6% of the community respectively. Other common roots include Scottish, Italian, and Irish backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 85.4% of residents born in Australia, the birthplace rate is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Small numbers of people were born in South Africa, India, New Zealand, and Italy.
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 Cardross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20488/cardross/topic/ancestry-heritage