5.1% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Harcourt · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Harcourt
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Harcourt since 2011, with only 5.1% of residents now born outside Australia. The community is heavily shaped by British and Irish roots, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most frequent at 47.2%, followed by Australian at 37.9% and Irish at 15.8%. Scottish and German roots are also present in the area.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 5.1% of people were born overseas, a figure that is far below the Victoria (30.0%) and national (27.7%) figures. This proportion fell slightly since 2011, with 86.7% 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 Harcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221032/harcourt/topic/ancestry-heritage