8.3% ▼ -54.6%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hopetoun · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hopetoun
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 8.3% of people in Hopetoun were born overseas, which is far below the national figure. This small proportion of overseas-born residents has fallen nearly 10 points since 2011. The community is overwhelmingly of Australian and English descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
About half of residents claim Australian ancestry, followed by 40.9% with English roots. Irish, German, and Scottish ancestries are also common, each making up between 7% and 9% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Born in Australia, 84.9% of the population was born here, which is far below the Victorian and national rates. Aside from Australia, the most common birthplaces are India at 2.4% and England at 1.4%.
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 Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221033/hopetoun/topic/ancestry-heritage