7.9% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Upper Hunter · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Upper Hunter
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 7.9% of people in Upper Hunter were born overseas, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area far less diverse than the rest of the state, with a huge majority of residents born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 45.6% and English at 41.9%, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Far fewer people here were born overseas compared to the national figure of 27.7%. This is one of the lowest rates for similar areas, with 84.9% of residents born in 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 Upper Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10085/upper-hunter/topic/ancestry-heritage