26.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
A higher proportion of overseas-born residents live in Big Hill than in most similar areas. While 26.3% of the population was born abroad, this is still a little below the national figure. British and Irish roots are the most common heritages here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 34.2%, followed by Scottish at 21.1% and Australian at 15.8%. Irish and German heritage are also present, each accounting for 7.9% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than one in four people, or 26.3%, were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the Victorian rate of 30.0% and a little below the Australian average.
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/SAL20236/big-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage