17.2% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Ferguson · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Ferguson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Ferguson than in the wider state or nation, with only 17.2% of residents arriving from another country. This gap is most obvious when compared to Western Australia, where the figure is 15 percentage points higher. The community's roots are predominantly British and Irish.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 56.7%, followed by Australian at 26.6% and Irish at 15.5%. Scottish and Italian roots are also represented in the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 76% of residents were born in Australia, England is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.2%. The overseas-born population is far below the national figure 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 Ferguson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50501/ferguson/topic/ancestry-heritage