44.5% ▲ +135.2%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Box Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Box Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost 45% of people in Box Hill were born overseas, a figure among the highest for similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the local ancestry, with a strong presence of people claiming Australian, English, Indian, and Filipino roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 20.5% and English at 17.9%. Indian (13.9%), Filipino (8.4%), and Chinese (5.5%) ancestries also make up significant portions of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is 44.5%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 53.4% were born in Australia, India (12.2%) and the Philippines (5.3%) are the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Box Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10537/box-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage