10.1% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Highbury · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Highbury
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few things have changed in the roots of Highbury since 2011, and the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born. Most people here trace their family history to the British Isles, with English and Australian ancestries making up the vast majority of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, accounting for 57.5% and 42.5% of residents respectively. Other notable family origins include Irish (8.5%), Scottish (4.9%), and German (4.9%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 10.1% of people were born overseas, which is far below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%). The vast majority were born in Australia (83.4%), with England (4.9%) being the most common overseas birthplace.
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 Highbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50634/highbury/topic/ancestry-heritage