7.8% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Big Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Big Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Big Hill than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong lean toward traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 46.3%, followed by English at 33.5%. Scottish, Irish, and Italian heritage are also represented, making up 10.7%, 10% and 3.2% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.8% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (85.4%), while England and New Zealand are the next most common birthplaces at 1.4% each.
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 Big Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20235/big-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage