33.5% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Footscray · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Footscray
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English is the most common ancestry for West Footscray, where 25.9% of residents claim these roots. The area is notably diverse, with a high proportion of people born outside Australia and a strong Vietnamese community.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Alongside English and Australian ancestries, which are most common, Irish (11.0%), Scottish (8.3%), and Vietnamese (8.1%) are the most frequent ancestral backgrounds reported.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A high 33.5% of people were born overseas, which is well above the state and national figures. Vietnam is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.1%, followed by India at 3.7%.
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 West Footscray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22756/west-footscray/topic/ancestry-heritage