9.0% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Harston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Harston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 9.0% of people in Harston were born overseas, a figure that has remained largely stable since 2011. This is much lower than the figures for Victoria and Australia, making the area one of the most locally born in the region.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim English ancestry (49.1%), followed closely by those who identify as Australian (45.5%). Other common ancestral backgrounds include Irish, Scottish, and Italian.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The vast majority of people here were born in Australia (83.8%), which is far below the 30.0% overseas birth rate seen across Victoria. For those born outside Australia, New Zealand is the most common birthplace at 4.8%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Harston
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Harston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21144/harston/topic/ancestry-heritage