26.6% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hovea · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hovea
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Diverse roots shape daily life in Hovea, where over a quarter of the population was born outside Australia. While many residents share traditional British and Irish heritage, the community is more overseas-born than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 46.3%, followed by Australian at 32%. Other significant roots include Scottish (10.1%), Irish (9.7%), and German (6.3%) heritage.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 26.6% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (67.5%), with England (10.2%) as 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 Hovea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50657/hovea/topic/ancestry-heritage