13.1% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eastwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eastwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 82% of people in Eastwood were born in Australia, making it a community with a very high proportion of Australian-born residents. Most people here trace their roots back to English and Australian ancestry, with a smaller number of residents arriving from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 45.9% and 40.0% of the population respectively. Other significant roots include Scottish, Irish, and German ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 13.1% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for both Victoria and Australia. The most common overseas birthplaces are England, India, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
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 Eastwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20836/eastwood/topic/ancestry-heritage