23.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Knights Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Knights Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Knights Hill, where 59% of residents claim this background. The area has a strong British and Australian ancestral base, though about one in four people were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English heritage leads the breakdown at 59%, followed by Australian (28.2%), Scottish (17.9%) and Irish (12.8%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 23.1% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for both New South Wales (29.3%) and Australia (27.7%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 7.7%.
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 Knights Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12186/knights-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage