2.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Edi Upper · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 2.8% of people in Edi Upper were born overseas, which is far below the national and state figures. This sparsely populated area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong ancestral link to the British Isles.
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 40.4%, followed by Australian at 35.8% and Irish at 15.6%.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than in most areas, sitting 25 points below the Australian average. Around 80.7% of residents were born in Australia.
2.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Edi Upper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20847/edi-upper/topic/ancestry-heritage