36.6% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burwood (Southern Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher proportion of people were born overseas in Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) compared to most similar areas. Over a third of the population was born abroad, a figure that has risen slightly since 2016. This creates a diverse community where Chinese ancestry is particularly prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 26.8% and 23.6%. Chinese ancestry is also very significant, accounting for 19.3% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 36.6% of residents were born overseas, which is well above the state figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 59.8% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 9.3% and India at 3.5%.
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 Burwood (Southern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED21706/burwood/topic/ancestry-heritage