11.7% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hickeys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Hickeys Creek than in the wider state or nation. This is a community with deep roots in Australia, where the vast majority of residents were born here or claim traditional British and Irish ancestry.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, each cited by 41.4% of people. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent at 14.8% and 14.1% respectively.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% 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, with 77.3% of the population born here.
11.7% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Hickeys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11906/hickeys-creek/topic/ancestry-heritage