41.8% ▲ +29.5%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Croydon · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Croydon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Croydon than in most similar areas, with 41.8% of residents arriving from another country. This shift is continuing, as the overseas-born population rose by 9.5 percentage points since 2011.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common at 20.9% and 18.9%, while Vietnamese ancestry is also prominent at 11.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far above the South Australian figure of 24.1% and the national figure of 27.7%. Vietnam is the most common birthplace outside Australia, accounting for 9% of the population.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40008/croydon/topic/ancestry-heritage