11.7% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Helensburgh · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Helensburgh
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A strong sense of ancestral roots defines daily life in Helensburgh, where nearly half of the residents claim Australian ancestry. This is a community with deep ties to its heritage, though it remains far less diverse in its birthplaces than the rest of the state.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 46.5% and 45% of the population respectively, followed by Irish and Scottish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 11.7% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion has barely changed since 2011, with 86.3% of the population 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 Helensburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114014/helensburgh/topic/ancestry-heritage