7.0% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hay South · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hay South
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common identity for the 41.2% of people in Hay South. This area has a very strong connection to its British roots and a low proportion of overseas-born residents.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
People with Australian (41.2%) and English (37.5%) ancestry make up the vast majority of the population, followed by those with Irish (11.2%) and Scottish (10.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 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 people here were born in Australia (80.1%), with small numbers arriving from India (2.2%) and Italy (1.4%).
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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11882/hay-south/topic/ancestry-heritage