14.4% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Heatherbrae · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Heatherbrae
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A higher proportion of people were born overseas in Heatherbrae than in most similar areas. Despite this, the typical resident still identifies with traditional roots, as English and Australian ancestries are the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 38.2%, followed closely by Australian at 36.7%. Other common roots include Scottish (9.2%) and Irish (8.6%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 14.4% of people here were born overseas, this is far below the 29.3% seen in New South Wales and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (72.5%), with smaller numbers from New Zealand and Italy.
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 Heatherbrae [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11891/heatherbrae/topic/ancestry-heritage