364:, the most common ancestries in Eastlakes were English 12.5%, Australian 12.2%, Chinese 9.8%, Greek 8.9% and Bangladeshi 6.0%. 42.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Bangladesh 6.0%, Indonesia 4.3%, China 3.0%, Philippines 2.9% and Greece 2.6%. 38.4% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Bengali 8.1%, Greek 6.8%, Indonesian 4.1%, Turkish 3.7% and Spanish 3.2%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 25.0%, No Religion 17.8%, Islam 15.9% and Eastern Orthodox 11.3%.
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