18.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Whitlands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Whitlands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common heritage in Whitlands, claimed by 37.8% of residents. The area is predominantly white and European in its roots, though it has a higher proportion of overseas-born residents than most similar areas.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The strongest ancestral ties are to England (37.8%), Australia (27%), and Ireland (16.2%), followed by Scotland and Germany.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 18.9% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas, this figure is still well below the national average of 27.7%.
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 Whitlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22773/whitlands/topic/ancestry-heritage