9.8% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Erith · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Erith
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 10% of people in Erith were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. This makes the community far less diverse in its birthplaces than both South Australia and the wider nation.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common here, with 52.9% and 51.0% of residents claiming these roots respectively, followed by German ancestry at 15.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The typical resident of Erith was born in Australia, with 90.2% born here. This means the proportion of overseas-born residents is 9.8%, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Erith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40413/erith/topic/ancestry-heritage