12.3% ▲ +41.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walkerville · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walkerville
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A stronger preference for Australian-born residents has grown in Walkerville since 2011. While most people here identify with British and Irish roots, the area remains far less diverse than the Victorian average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most common ancestry at 40.0%, followed by Australian at 34.6%. Other common roots include Irish at 14.6%, Scottish at 11.5%, and German at 6.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 12.3% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. About 70.0% of residents were born in Australia, with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 2.3%.
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 Walkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22653/walkerville/topic/ancestry-heritage