16.5% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Heathcote · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Heathcote
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root for people in Heathcote, where 40.4% of residents claim this heritage. The area is mostly Australian-born and has a strong connection to British and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are almost equal at 40.4% and 40.1% respectively. Other common roots include Irish at 13.1%, Scottish at 10.3%, and Italian at 4.0%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 16.5% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. While this is lower than most areas, the proportion of overseas-born residents rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10034/heathcote/topic/ancestry-heritage