23.8% —
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Croydon (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Croydon (Eastern Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of British and Irish heritage shapes the identity of Croydon (Eastern Metropolitan), where English and Australian ancestries are most common. While the area remains predominantly Australian-born, there has been a steady increase in residents arriving from overseas in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 37.8%, followed by Australian at 34.0%, Irish at 10.9%, and Scottish at 10.4%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 23.8% of people were born overseas, a figure that rose 2.2 percentage points since 2016. This is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, with 73.3% of the population born in Australia.
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 (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22201/croydon/topic/ancestry-heritage