7.7% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Boxwood Hill · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Boxwood Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.7% of people in Boxwood Hill were born overseas, making it far less diverse than most other Australian areas. This small figure defines a community where the vast majority of residents are Australian-born.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people here claim Australian ancestry at 50.5%, followed by English at 34.1%, Scottish at 12.1%, and Irish at 9.9%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents is far below the national figure of 27.7% and the state average of 32.2%. This is reflected in the fact that 89.0% 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 Boxwood Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50167/boxwood-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage