15.9% ▲ +1762.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Herne Hill · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Herne Hill
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A surge in overseas births has changed the makeup of Herne Hill (L), where the proportion of people born abroad rose by 15 percentage points since 2011. While most residents still claim English and Australian ancestry, this growth in migration has shifted the local profile in a short space of time.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common, making up 46.8% and 36.7% of the population, followed by Italian at 8.1%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 15.9% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is still far below the state figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. The most common birthplaces outside Australia are England at 7.3% and New Zealand at 1.5%.
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 Herne Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522029/herne-hill/topic/ancestry-heritage