33.9% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 37.6%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Midland · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Midland
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Over a third of the people in Midland were born overseas, which is well above the national figure. This high level of international birthplaces shapes the local identity, with a strong presence of people from the Philippines alongside traditional English and Irish roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 33.2%, followed by Australian at 24.1%. Other notable groups include Irish (7.5%), Scottish (7.1%), and Filipino (5.7%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
At 33.9%, the share of overseas-born residents is among the highest for similar areas and a little above the Western Australian average. While 54.7% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are the Philippines (5.1%), New Zealand (4.7%), England (4.5%), and India (3.6%).
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 Midland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50947/midland/topic/ancestry-heritage