11.7% ▲ +174.3%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Eden · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Eden
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A middle-of-the-road level of overseas birth defines Eden, where 11.7% of people were born in another country. The area is heavily shaped by British and Irish roots, with a very high proportion of residents claiming English or Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.4%, followed by Australian at 36.7%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 10.8% and 9.8% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While only 11.7% of residents were born overseas—far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%—this has risen 7.4 percentage points since 2011. Most people here were born in Australia (78.8%), with England being the next most common birthplace at 3.5%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115056/eden/topic/ancestry-heritage