48.7% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.3%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Villawood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Villawood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Villawood were born overseas, marking a significant shift toward greater diversity since 2011. This international mix is a defining feature of the area, with 48.7% of people born outside Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Vietnamese at 14.5%, followed by Australian and English at 11.9% and 9.1%. Chinese ancestry also makes up 9.1% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost half of the people here were born overseas, a figure far above the 29.3% seen in New South Wales. This high proportion of overseas births is reflected in the community, where 12.7% of people were born in Vietnam and 3.4% in China.
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 Villawood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14092/villawood/topic/ancestry-heritage