14.0% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hill River · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hill River
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong Australian heritage defines Hill River, where 62.6% of people claim Australian ancestry. Most residents were born here or in nearby English-speaking countries, with only 14% born overseas. This makes the area far less diverse in birthplace than the rest of Western Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries, making up 62.6% and 39.3% of the population. Scottish and Irish backgrounds are also present at 8.4% and 6.5% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 85% of people born in Australia, the 14% born overseas is far below the state figure of 32.2%. Outside of Australia, the most common birthplaces are England at 7.5% and New Zealand at 3.7%.
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 Hill River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50637/hill-river/topic/ancestry-heritage