8.2% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Brown Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Brown 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 Brown Hill compared to most similar areas. With only 8.2% of the population born abroad, it is much more homogenous than the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 42.3%, followed closely by Australian at 41.6%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, making up 17.4% and 12.7% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (88.6%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, India, and New Zealand.
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 Brown Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20356/brown-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage