24.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
High Wycombe · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in High Wycombe
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 44% of people in High Wycombe claim English ancestry, making it the most common root in the area. This reflects a population with strong ties to the UK and Australia, though the community is also home to a diverse range of overseas arrivals.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most frequent, followed by Scottish at 9.7% and Irish at 9.2%. Italian ancestry is also present for 5.1% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 24% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for both Western Australia (32.2%) and Australia (27.7%), with 71.4% of the population born in Australia.
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 High Wycombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50633/high-wycombe/topic/ancestry-heritage