5.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hillside · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hillside
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 5.6% of people in Hillside were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This small proportion of overseas-born residents is a defining feature of the area, where most people have deep roots in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Half of the residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by English (41.7%), Scottish (13.9%), and Irish and German at 5.6% each.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas is much lower than in most areas, sitting 22 points below the Australian average. Most people here were born in Australia (77.8%), with the next most common birthplaces being England and New Zealand.
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 Hillside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50640/hillside/topic/ancestry-heritage