19.6% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Greenhills · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Greenhills
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in heritage is evident in Greenhills, where 19.6% of people were born overseas. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Most people in the area claim English (58.7%) or Australian (43.5%) ancestry. Other common heritages include Scottish, Irish, and Italian roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 82.6% of residents were born in Australia, the 19.6% born overseas is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%.
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 Greenhills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50584/greenhills/topic/ancestry-heritage