4.6% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Heathmere · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Heathmere
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over half of the people in Heathmere claim Australian ancestry, making it the most common ancestral group in the area. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a very small proportion of residents having moved here from overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Beyond those of Australian descent, English ancestry is the next most common at 37.4%, followed by Scottish at 12.2%, German at 8.8%, and Irish at 5.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 4.6% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national average of 27.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas, with 85.7% of the population born in Australia.
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 Heathmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21164/heathmere/topic/ancestry-heritage