7.5% ▼ -48.2%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Horsham · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Horsham
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Horsham compared to the rest of the state. Only 7.5% of residents were born outside Australia, a figure that is far below both the Victorian and national averages.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.5% and English at 41.3%. Scottish, Irish, and German ancestries also make up about 10% each of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen 7.0 percentage points since 2011. This 7.5% share is far below the 30% seen across Victoria, with 86.9% of people 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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213007/horsham/topic/ancestry-heritage