15.3% ▲ +46.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walkaway · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walkaway
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A shift in heritage is visible in Walkaway, where a growing number of people now identify with a mix of ancestries. While English and Australian roots remain the most common, Vietnamese heritage has become a more noticeable part of the local identity.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Over half of the people here claim Australian ancestry (50.5%), followed closely by English (44.6%), Irish (13.1%), and Scottish (9.0%) roots. Vietnamese ancestry is also present for 3.6% of the population.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
People born overseas make up 15.3% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas. This figure is far below the national average of 27.7% and the state average of 32.2%.
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 Walkaway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51505/walkaway/topic/ancestry-heritage