4.9% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Weston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Weston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Just 4.9% of people in Weston were born overseas, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a strong ancestral connection to the British Isles.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 47.1% and English at 44.2%, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Almost 90% of residents were born in Australia. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 29.3% and the national average of 27.7%.
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 Weston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14279/weston/topic/ancestry-heritage