7.9% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hamilton
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.9% of people in Hamilton were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the town much less diverse in birthplace than most other Australian areas. Most residents identify with traditional British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 43.0% and 41.1% of the population respectively. Scottish, Irish, and German roots also feature strongly in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national rate of 27.7%. Most people here were born in Australia (86.0%), with small numbers from England, New Zealand, India, and South Africa.
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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21129/hamilton/topic/ancestry-heritage