8.8% ▲ +90.6%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Western · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Western
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Few overseas-born residents live in Western, where 82.4% of the population was born in Australia. This creates a community with a very low proportion of migrants compared to the rest of the country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 18.4%, followed by Australian at 8.1% and Irish at 3.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This proportion is much lower than most areas, although it has risen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Western [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/406011135/western/topic/ancestry-heritage