26.5% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ashfield · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ashfield
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far more people were born overseas in Ashfield than in most similar areas, with 26.5% of residents arriving from abroad. While this is a high figure for the local area, it remains a little below the national average of 27.7%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most residents claim English ancestry at 37.7%, followed by Australian at 32.7%, Scottish at 11.0%, Irish at 9.5% and Italian at 3.8%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 26.5% of the population was born overseas, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. The most common birthplaces for those from abroad are England, New Zealand, India and the Philippines.
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 Ashfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50034/ashfield/topic/ancestry-heritage