5.5% ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Katandra West · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Katandra West
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A small minority of 5.5% were born overseas in Katandra West, making it much less diverse than most other areas. This reflects a population where the vast majority of residents were born in Australia.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 48.6% and English at 44.7%. Other notable groups include Irish (11.4%), Scottish (9.8%) and Italian (4.3%) descendants.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 90.9% of people here were born in Australia, which is far below the Victoria figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. For those born overseas, New Zealand is the most common birthplace at 1.4%.
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 Katandra West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21309/katandra-west/topic/ancestry-heritage