37.7% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 37.8%
- 2021: 37.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stirling · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Stirling
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Stirling, with the proportion rising to 37.7% since 2011. This makes the area much more internationally diverse than the typical Australian suburb.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 30.8%, followed by Australian at 24.6%, Italian at 9.3%, Irish at 9.2% and Scottish at 7.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Over a third of the population was born overseas, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 57.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, India, New Zealand and South Africa.
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57910/stirling/topic/ancestry-heritage