23.6% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Maida Vale · Suburb / Locality
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common root for people in Maida Vale, where 45.3% of residents claim this heritage. The area has a strong British and Irish influence, with a large proportion of the population tracing their family history back to these regions.
The ancestries people most identify with.
Alongside the high English and Australian ancestry figures, 10.1% of people identify as Irish and 9.9% as Scottish. Italian heritage is also common, making up 6.8% of the local breakdown.
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly 23.6% of residents were born overseas, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country, with 72.9% of people born in Australia.
23.6% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Maida Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50881/maida-vale/topic/ancestry-heritage