13.8% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Goodlands · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Goodlands
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Goodlands since 2011, though the area remains overwhelmingly Australian-born. While the population is far more Australian than the state or national average, nearly 14% of people were born abroad.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 41.4%, English at 34.5%, and Scottish at 20.7%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 13.8% of people were born overseas—which is higher than most similar areas—this is far below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. Most residents were born in Australia (86.2%), followed by New Zealand (17.2%) and England (10.3%).
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 Goodlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50568/goodlands/topic/ancestry-heritage