22.3% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greenfields · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greenfields
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 48% of people in Greenfields claim English ancestry, making it the most common heritage in the area. While many residents have roots in the UK and Ireland, the community is less diverse in its birthplaces than the state and national figures suggest.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English is the most frequent ancestry at 47.8%, followed by Australian at 39.2%. Other common roots include Scottish (9.0%), Irish (8.4%), and German (3.4%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 22.3% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%). Most people were born in Australia (71.1%) or England (9.0%).
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 Greenfields [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50583/greenfields/topic/ancestry-heritage