20.3% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Stirling
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher proportion of people in Stirling were born overseas compared to most similar areas. While 20.3% of residents were born abroad, this is still well below the state and national figures. English and Australian ancestry are the most common roots here.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
More than half of residents claim English ancestry (50.2%), followed by Australian (37.6%) and Scottish (13.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About one in five people in Stirling were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. England is the most common birthplace outside Australia, accounting for 9.2% of the population.
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41384/stirling/topic/ancestry-heritage