21.7% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Stirling Estate · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Stirling Estate
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A growing number of overseas-born residents have moved to Stirling Estate since 2011. While 21.7% of people here were born in another country, this is still well below the national figure of 27.7%. The area remains dominated by people with English and Australian ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 59.6%, followed by Australian at 33.5% and Irish at 14.9%. Other common roots include Scottish and German backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Roughly one in five people were born overseas, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, this is far below Western Australia's 32.2%. Most people were born in Australia (72%), with England as the most common overseas birthplace at 7.5%.
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 Stirling Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51406/stirling-estate/topic/ancestry-heritage