40.7% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eglinton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eglinton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than four in ten residents in Eglinton were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This creates a diverse community where 40.7% of people grew up outside Australia, well above the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 47.4%, followed by Australian at 27.3%. Other common ancestral roots include Scottish (10.5%), Irish (9.1%) and Italian (3.7%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far above the Australian average of 27.7%. While 54.3% were born in Australia, others most commonly come from England (14.9%), New Zealand (5.6%) and South Africa (4.9%).
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 Eglinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50476/eglinton/topic/ancestry-heritage