17.6% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eltham North · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eltham North
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Eltham North than in most similar areas, though the community remains overwhelmingly Australian-born. While 17.6% of residents were born abroad, English and Australian ancestries are the most common roots here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (39.5%) and Australian (34.5%) are the most common ancestries, followed by Irish at 12.6%, Scottish at 11.3%, and Italian at 10.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 17.6% of people were born overseas, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (80.4%), with the next most common birthplaces being England (4.2%) and New Zealand (1.3%).
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 Eltham North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20866/eltham-north/topic/ancestry-heritage