7.7% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Big Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Big Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Big Hill than in most other parts of the country, with only 7.7% of the population arriving from abroad. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the rest of Australia. British and Irish roots remain the most common ancestral links for residents here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestral backgrounds are Australian at 30.8% and English at 26.9%. Scottish, Irish, and Italian ancestries are also present, each making up between 5.1% and 9.0% of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.7% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most of the population was born in Australia, accounting for 62.8% of the total.
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 Big Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10341/big-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage