8.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Crossover · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Crossover
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Crossover, where 45.3% of residents claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small percentage of people arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents claim English ancestry, followed by Australian at 32.3% and Irish at 21.1%. Scottish and German backgrounds are also present, making up 6.2% and 5.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (72%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 5.6%.
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 Crossover [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20679/crossover/topic/ancestry-heritage