26.2% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Willoughby East · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Willoughby East
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Willoughby East compared to the state average, with 26.2% of residents arriving from abroad. This is a diverse community where English and Australian ancestries are most common, though Chinese heritage is also prominent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (34.5%) and Australian (33%) are the most common ancestries here, followed by Irish (13.4%), Chinese (12.5%) and Scottish (10.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 26.2% of people born overseas is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is well below the New South Wales figure of 29.3%. Most residents were born in Australia (73.1%), followed by England (3.7%) and China (2.7%).
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 Willoughby East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14321/willoughby-east/topic/ancestry-heritage