3.8% ▲ +276.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Elliott · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Elliott
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Elliott (L), where 6.6% of people identify with those roots. The area is overwhelmingly born in Australia, with very few residents arriving from overseas compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English (6.6%), Australian (4.2%), and Scottish (4.2%), followed by Irish at 2.8% and Chinese at 2.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7% and among the lowest for similar areas. This proportion has risen slightly since 2011, while 94.8% of the population was 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 Elliott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722014/elliott/topic/ancestry-heritage