2.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hillside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hillside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very strong connection to traditional roots defines Hillside, where 92.8% of residents were born in Australia. This reflects a local population with deep ties to the land and a much smaller presence of overseas-born residents than in other parts of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 57.9%, followed by Australian (33.4%) and Irish (15.2%). Scottish and Italian roots are also present in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 2.8% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. The vast majority of the population was 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 Hillside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21192/hillside/topic/ancestry-heritage