18.4% ▲ +98.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hervey Bay · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hervey Bay
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly one in five people in Hervey Bay were born overseas, a figure that has almost doubled since 2011. While the area has seen a steady rise in international arrivals, it remains more traditionally Australian in its roots than the rest of the state and country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common, at 45.3%, followed by Australian at 37.0%. Scottish, Irish and German roots also make up a significant part of the local family history.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of overseas-born residents rose 9.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 18.4%. This is much higher than in most similar areas, although it is still well below the Queensland figure of 22.7% and the national figure of 27.7%.
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/ucl/UCL311002/hervey-bay/topic/ancestry-heritage