7.3% ▲ +36.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Windermere · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Windermere
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Windermere than in most similar areas. The community is overwhelmingly Australian-born, with a small minority of residents coming from other countries.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Nearly half of residents claim Australian ancestry at 45.8%, followed closely by English ancestry at 43.8%. Irish (26.0%) and Scottish (12.5%) roots are also common, while 6.3% of people identify as Chinese.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 7.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far below the Victorian figure of 30.0% and the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in the fact that 80.2% of the population was 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 Windermere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22804/windermere/topic/ancestry-heritage