30.2% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 30.2%
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.
Far more people were born overseas in Hillside than in most similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the local ancestry, where Italian and Greek heritage are common alongside those with Australian, English and Indian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 20% and English at 16.1%, followed by Italian at 13.4%, Greek at 5.1% and Indian at 4.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 30.2% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 27.7%. While 66.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are India at 4.3% and the Philippines at 1.8%.
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/SAL21193/hillside/topic/ancestry-heritage