35.0% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Spearwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Spearwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Among the highest in its class for overseas birthplaces, Spearwood has a strong international character. While 61% of people were born in Australia, over a third of the population arrived from abroad, which is well above the national figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English (32.5%) and Australian (26.1%) are the most common ancestries. Italian heritage is also very prominent here, accounting for 14.8% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 35% of residents were born overseas, which is a little above the Western Australian average and well above the national rate. After Australia, the most common birthplaces are England, Italy, the Philippines, and New Zealand.
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 Spearwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51396/spearwood/topic/ancestry-heritage