11.6% ▲ +126.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Epsom · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Epsom
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 11.6% of people in Epsom were born overseas, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas. Most residents claim an Australian or English ancestry, reflecting a strong connection to these roots in a community where the vast majority of people were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 43.1% and 40.1% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Irish (12.2%), Scottish (9.6%) and Italian (3.8%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 85% of residents born in Australia, the overseas-born population is far below the state figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are India (2.3%), England (1.2%) and New Zealand (0.8%).
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 Epsom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20879/epsom/topic/ancestry-heritage