18.4% ▲ +90.5%
Higher than 78% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hervey Bay · Urban Area
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hervey Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
An increasing number of overseas arrivals have moved to Hervey Bay, with the share of people born abroad jumping by 8.7 percentage points since 2011. Most residents still identify with British and Irish roots, while 18.4% of the population was born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 45.3%, followed by Australian at 37.0% and Scottish at 11.1%. Irish and German roots are also prominent, making up 10.5% and 7.1% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The share of people born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the Queensland figure by 4.3 points and the national figure by 9.3 points. While 75.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England at 5.7% and New Zealand at 3.5%.
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/sua/3009/hervey-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage