46.5% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Willoughby · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Willoughby
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Willoughby were born overseas, a figure that has risen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more internationally diverse than the rest of the state and country. Chinese and English ancestries are the most common, each representing over a quarter of the population.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Chinese ancestry is the most common at 26.5%, followed closely by English at 23.5% and Australian at 20.0%. Irish and Scottish ancestries also make up a significant part of the community at 8.6% and 7.0% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 46.5% of people here were born overseas, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 27.7%. While 50.5% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are China at 11.0% and England at 3.6%.
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 Willoughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18250/willoughby/topic/ancestry-heritage