10.2% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Calvert · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Calvert
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 10.2% of people in Calvert were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent, with a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the state or national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 37.4% and 35.6% of the population respectively. Other notable groups include Scottish (12.0%), German (8.3%) and Irish (6.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia (71.1%), meaning the share of people born overseas is far below the national figure. England and New Zealand are the most common overseas birthplaces at 2.9% each.
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 Calvert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30494/calvert/topic/ancestry-heritage