7.0% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hay · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Hay compared to the rest of the country, with only 7% of residents arriving from abroad. Most people here identify with English and Australian roots, which shapes a community with very deep local ties.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each representing about 42% of the population. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 9.6% and 9.4% respectively, while 3.1% of people identify as Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%. About 80.1% of people were born in Australia, with the next most common birthplaces being New Zealand, India, and England.
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11881/hay/topic/ancestry-heritage