39.9% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hume · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hume
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common identity in Hume, where 19.2% of people claim this heritage. The area is far more multicultural than the national average, with nearly 40% of residents born overseas. This trend has grown steadily over the last decade.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond those of Australian and English descent, the most common ancestries are Italian at 7.7% and Indian at 6.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 39.9% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far above the national average and rose by 7.7 percentage points since 2011. India is the most common overseas birthplace, accounting for 6.7% of the population.
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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23270/hume/topic/ancestry-heritage