6.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Westmere · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Westmere
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Strong ties to British and Irish roots shape the local identity of Westmere. Most residents identify with Australian, English, Irish or Scottish ancestry, while very few people in the area were born overseas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 40.3% and English at 35.5%, followed by Irish (12.9%) and Scottish (11.3%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is lower than most areas, with 87.1% of people born in Australia.
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 Westmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22762/westmere/topic/ancestry-heritage