14.9% ▲ +33.6%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Cranbrook · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Cranbrook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Cranbrook (L), where 40.3% of people claim this background. The area's cultural makeup is largely shaped by British and Australian roots, while the proportion of people born overseas has grown slightly over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most prominent, making up 40.3% and 36.5% of the population respectively. Other common roots include Scottish, Irish, and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 14.9% of the population, a figure that rose 3.8 percentage points since 2011. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure of 27.7%.
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 Cranbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522016/cranbrook/topic/ancestry-heritage