7.9% ▲ +25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Horsham · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Horsham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.9% of people in Horsham were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This means the vast majority of the population was born in Australia. The area's heritage is rooted strongly in British and Irish origins.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, each accounting for about 41% of the population. Other significant ancestral groups include Scottish, Irish and German residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 86.4% of people born in Australia, Horsham has a much lower proportion of overseas-born residents than the 30% seen across Victoria. Small numbers of residents were born in India, England, the Philippines and New Zealand.
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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21206/horsham/topic/ancestry-heritage