12.1% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Heathcote · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Heathcote
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
About 12.1% of people in Heathcote were born overseas, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas. The community is mostly of Anglo-Celtic descent, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 40.8%, followed by Australian at 35.8%, Irish at 13.8%, and Scottish at 11.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the Victorian rate of 30.0%. Most residents were born in Australia (74.3%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 4.0%.
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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21160/heathcote/topic/ancestry-heritage