42.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
W Tree · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in W Tree
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in W Tree than across Victoria or Australia. About 43% of residents were born outside Australia, which is much higher than the national figure of 28%. This creates a diverse community where nearly half the population has roots in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 48.9%, followed by Australian at 27.7% and Scottish at 23.4%. German and Irish ancestries also feature, at 12.8% and 10.6% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly 42.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure far above the 30% seen in Victoria and the 27.7% national average. While 57.4% were born in Australia, England is the most common overseas birthplace at 14.9%.
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 W Tree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22638/w-tree/topic/ancestry-heritage