12.6% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Highlands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Highlands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle for its level among similar areas, Highlands is a community with a very strong connection to its British and Australian roots. Most residents claim English, Australian, or Scottish ancestry, while very few were born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, at 35.8% and 35.1% respectively. Scottish and Irish heritage are also prominent, making up 16.6% and 15.2% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.6% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Victoria (30.0%) and Australia (27.7%). This is reflected in the birthplace data, where 74.2% of residents were 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 Highlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21186/highlands/topic/ancestry-heritage