51.4% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hillsdale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hillsdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Hillsdale were born overseas, a figure that has grown since 2011. This makes the area far more diverse than the national average, with a strong mix of European and Asian backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 15.3% and English at 15.0%, followed by Chinese at 10.2% and Irish at 9.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than half of the population (51.4%) was born overseas, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 43.3% were born in Australia, the next most common birthplaces are China, the Philippines, and India.
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 Hillsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11918/hillsdale/topic/ancestry-heritage