18.2% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hervey Bay · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hervey Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than three quarters of people in Hervey Bay were born in Australia, making it a place where local roots run deep. The community is predominantly of English and Australian descent, though it has a small, shrinking proportion of residents born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.3%, followed by Australian at 37.0%. Other notable roots include Scottish (11.0%), Irish (10.5%), and German (7.1%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 18.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011. Most people were born in Australia (75.4%), with England (5.7%) and New Zealand (3.6%) being the most common overseas birthplaces.
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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30033/hervey-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage