16.2% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hastings · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hastings
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Most people in Hastings identify with traditional British and Australian roots, creating a community with deep ties to these origins. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, with 44.4% and 41.5% of residents claiming these backgrounds respectively.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries dominate here, while Scottish and Irish roots are also common at 10.1% each. German ancestry is less frequent at 3.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most people were born in Australia (76%), followed by England at 6.4% and New Zealand at 1.7%.
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 Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21145/hastings/topic/ancestry-heritage