45.2% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.6%
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 45.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Kewdale · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Kewdale
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A far higher proportion of people were born overseas in Kewdale than in the rest of Australia. Nearly 45% of the population grew up in another country, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 26.1% and 22.0%, while Chinese ancestry is also notable at 8.5%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 45.2% of residents were born overseas, a figure far above the 32.2% seen in Western Australia. While nearly half the population was born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, India, New Zealand, and China.
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 Kewdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50756/kewdale/topic/ancestry-heritage