10.6% ▲ +8.1%
Lower than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hume · Region (SA4)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hume
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Hume, where 41.5% of people claim this background. The area is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of residents arriving from overseas. This creates a profile that is far more traditional in its origins than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here identify with English (41.5%) or Australian (40.5%) ancestry. Other common backgrounds include Irish at 13.3% and Scottish at 11.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, and 82.3% of the population was 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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/204/hume/topic/ancestry-heritage