32.5% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Higgins · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Higgins
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A drop of 8.5 percentage points in the share of overseas-born residents since 2011 marks a shifting demographic for Higgins. While 32.5% of people were born outside Australia, the area remains more diverse than the national average. English, Australian, and Irish ancestries are the most common roots here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is most common at 30.8%, followed by Australian at 24.4% and Irish at 12.1%. Chinese and Scottish ancestries both account for 10.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 32.5%, which is well above the Australian figure of 27.7% and a little above Victoria's 30.0%. While 63.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China (4.3%), India (3.4%), and England (3.3%).
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 Higgins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED220/higgins/topic/ancestry-heritage