11.8% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eureka · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eureka
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A modest 11.8% of people in Eureka were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia, with a population predominantly rooted in Australian, English, and Irish ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are equally common at 36.3% each, followed by Irish at 17.7% and Scottish at 11.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state's 30.0%. Most residents were born in Australia (81%), with smaller groups from England (2.1%) and New Zealand (2.1%).
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 Eureka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20891/eureka/topic/ancestry-heritage