9.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hastings · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hastings
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Hastings is a community where the vast majority of people were born in Australia. English and Australian ancestries are the most common, with a far lower share of overseas-born residents than the state or national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 53.7%, followed by Australian ancestry at 36.6% and Scottish at 7.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (85.4%), while England is the most common overseas birthplace at 7.3%.
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 Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50616/hastings/topic/ancestry-heritage