40.6% ▲ +14.9%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hornsby · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hornsby
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in Hornsby than in the rest of the state, with 40.6% of the population coming from another country. This creates a diverse community where residents from China, India and England live alongside those of English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 27.6% and Australian at 24.4%. Chinese ancestry is also very prominent here, accounting for 16.8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Forty point six per cent of people were born overseas, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average of 29.3% and has risen 5.3 points since 2011. While 57.1% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 7.6% and India at 5.1%.
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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14000/hornsby/topic/ancestry-heritage