17.2% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Hillwood · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Hillwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents now live in Hillwood, where 17.2% of people were born abroad. This figure has risen slightly since 2011 and is higher than the Tasmanian average, though it remains far below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of the residents identify as English (48%), followed by those with Australian (44.1%) and Irish (14.3%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While most people here were born in Australia (78.2%), the 17.2% born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas. England (7%) and New Zealand (3.3%) are the most common birthplaces outside 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 Hillwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622013/hillwood/topic/ancestry-heritage