34.3% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
East Hills · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in East Hills
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents has shaped the makeup of East Hills, with 34.3% of people now born outside Australia. This represents a significant increase from 2011 and leaves the area much more diverse than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 20.8% and English at 18.3%. Chinese and Vietnamese ancestries are also prominent, making up 9.8% and 7.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More than a third of residents were born overseas, a figure that rose 5.6 percentage points since 2011. At 34.3%, this is well above the New South Wales figure of 29.3%, with Vietnam and China being the most common birthplaces after Australia.
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 East Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10027/east-hills/topic/ancestry-heritage