40.9% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.5%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 40.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Girrawheen · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Girrawheen
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher share of people were born overseas in Girrawheen compared to the rest of the country. Roughly 41% of the population grew up outside Australia, which is well above the Western Australian figure and far above the national average. This diversity is reflected in a strong Vietnamese community, both in terms of ancestry and birthplaces.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 27% and 22.5%. Other notable groups include Vietnamese at 7%, Scottish at 5.8%, and Irish at 5.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 40.9% of residents born overseas, this area has one of the highest proportions of overseas-born people at this level. Vietnam is the most common overseas birthplace at 6.3%, followed by England at 3.9% and the Philippines at 2.6%.
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 Girrawheen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50550/girrawheen/topic/ancestry-heritage