24.1% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Croydon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Croydon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More people were born overseas in Croydon than in most similar areas, with 24.1% of the population arriving from abroad. This international mix is most visible in the local ancestry, where Italian and Greek roots are particularly strong.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 28.6% and 28.4%. Italian ancestry is also prominent at 17.0%, followed by Greek at 12.3% and Irish at 9.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 24.1% of people were born overseas—a figure well below the national 27.7%—this is much higher than in most similar areas. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are Italy (4.3%), England (3.0%), and Vietnam (1.9%).
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 Croydon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40329/croydon/topic/ancestry-heritage