68.0% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 67.8%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hurstville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hurstville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A staggering 68% of people in Hurstville were born overseas, making it one of the most internationally diverse areas in the region. This high proportion of overseas births is reflected in the local ancestry, where nearly half of the population identifies as Chinese.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common here at 47.1%, followed by English at 7.4%, Australian at 5.7%, Greek at 2.9%, and Filipino at 2.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas is far above the national figure of 27.7% and the NSW figure of 29.3%. This diversity is led by those born in China (28.6%), Australia (28.1%), and Nepal (15.8%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Hurstville
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11971/hurstville/topic/ancestry-heritage