20.6% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hackett · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hackett
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Hackett than in the rest of the territory, with only 20.6% of residents arriving from abroad. While English and Australian ancestries are the most common, the area remains more Australian-born than the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 40.5%, followed by Australian at 35.7%, Irish at 17.3%, Scottish at 13.9%, and German at 5.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 20.6% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is well below the figures for both the ACT (28.7%) and Australia (27.7%). Most people were born in Australia (76.7%), with smaller groups from England (4.1%) and New Zealand (1.3%).
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 Hackett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80069/hackett/topic/ancestry-heritage