13.3% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hawkesbury · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hawkesbury
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only about 13% of people in Hawkesbury were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. Most residents trace their roots to the British Isles, with Australian and English ancestries each accounting for roughly 40% of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry is dominated by Australian (41.1%) and English (39.7%) roots. Irish (10.6%) and Scottish (9.5%) are also common, while Italian ancestry makes up 3.7% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national 27.7%. At 13.3%, this figure has barely changed since 2011, with 82.3% of people 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 Hawkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13800/hawkesbury/topic/ancestry-heritage