45.6% ▼ 0.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 45.9%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Burswood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Burswood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all people in Burswood were born overseas, creating a multicultural community where global backgrounds are the norm. This diversity is reflected in the wide mix of ancestries, with English and Australian roots being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 29%, followed by Australian at 19.8% and Chinese at 11.8%. Irish and Scottish roots are also prominent, accounting for 9.2% and 7.3% of residents respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
A huge 45.6% of residents were born overseas, a figure far above the Western Australian rate of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. While 47% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (6.1%) and China (3.6%).
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 Burswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50226/burswood/topic/ancestry-heritage