11.2% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eganstown · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eganstown
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Deeply rooted British and Irish heritage shapes the identity of Eganstown, where English and Australian ancestries are the most common. Most residents were born in Australia, and the area has a much lower proportion of overseas-born people than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 41.3%, followed by Australian (24.3%), Irish (19.4%), and Scottish (18.4%) roots. Italian ancestry is also present for 7.8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.2% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. Australia is the birthplace for 72.8% of residents, with England being the next most common origin at 2.9%.
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 Eganstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20849/eganstown/topic/ancestry-heritage