53.8% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wetherill Park · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wetherill Park
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
More than half of the people in Wetherill Park were born overseas, putting it among the highest areas for overseas birthplaces. This creates a diverse community where residents claim a wide range of backgrounds, with the most common being Australian, Italian, English, Chinese and Vietnamese.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most frequent ancestral groups are Australian at 11.0% and Italian at 9.4%, followed by English, Chinese and Vietnamese backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 53.8%, the proportion of people born overseas is far above the national figure of 27.7% and the state figure of 29.3%. While 43.2% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are Vietnam, Italy, the Philippines and New Zealand.
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 Wetherill Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14281/wetherill-park/topic/ancestry-heritage