2.0% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Westbrook · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Westbrook
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 2% of people in Westbrook were born overseas, which is much lower than most similar areas. This makes the community's roots very traditional, with a huge majority identifying as Australian or English.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English are the most common ancestries at 61.6% and 38.4% respectively. Other common roots include Irish (11.9%) and Scottish (6.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The overseas-born population is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (88.7%), followed by England at 4.0% and New Zealand at 2.0%.
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 Westbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14274/westbrook/topic/ancestry-heritage