7.5% —
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hilltops · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hilltops
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Very few residents were born outside Australia in Hilltops, a trend that puts the area far below most other regions. Only 7.5% of people here were born overseas, though this figure has risen slightly since 2016.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Ancestry in the area is dominated by Australian and English roots, making up 43.9% and 41.1% of the population respectively. Other common backgrounds include Irish, Scottish, and German.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A far lower proportion of people were born overseas compared to the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, followed by small numbers from England, New Zealand, the Philippines and China.
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 Hilltops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13910/hilltops/topic/ancestry-heritage