38.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 38.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Swan · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Swan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 39% of residents in Swan were born overseas, though this is slightly lower than it was in 2011. This high level of international migration makes the area far more diverse than the national average, with strong roots in England, China, and India.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 31.4%, followed by Australian at 25.3% and Chinese at 8.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The proportion of people born overseas fell 1.7 percentage points since 2011 to 38.9%, which is still far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 55.4% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (5.0%) and India (4.3%).
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 Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED514/swan/topic/ancestry-heritage