6.6% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hendon · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hendon
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 6.6% of people in Hendon were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area much more likely to be born in Australia than most other parts of the country. The local population is primarily of Australian and English descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The strongest ancestral ties are to Australia (43.6%) and England (42.3%). Other common backgrounds include Scottish (10.1%), Irish (8.4%), and German (5.3%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most residents were born in Australia (78.4%), leaving the proportion of overseas-born people far below the Queensland rate by 16 points. Of those born abroad, the most common origins are New Zealand and South Africa, each 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 Hendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31319/hendon/topic/ancestry-heritage