50.9% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Epping · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Epping
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Epping were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas in the region. This strong global connection is reflected in the local homes, where Chinese and English are the most common ancestries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 31%, followed by English at 18.4% and Australian at 16.3%. Other significant groups include Indian at 8.7% and Irish at 5.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 50.9% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is far above the national average of 27.7% and has risen 12 points since 2011. While 46.9% were born in Australia, many others arrived from China (13.8%) and India (7.0%).
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 Epping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10028/epping/topic/ancestry-heritage