9.0% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Macquarie Hills · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Macquarie Hills
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Macquarie Hills than in most similar areas. While nearly 90% of residents were born in Australia, the community maintains strong ties to British roots through its most common ancestral backgrounds.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of the population identifies as Australian (46.2%), followed closely by English (42.6%), Scottish (12.0%) and Irish (10.8%) ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.0% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Outside of Australia, England is the most common birthplace at 1.5%.
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 Macquarie Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12443/macquarie-hills/topic/ancestry-heritage