6.4% ▼ -45.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walmsley · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walmsley
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A very small number of overseas-born residents live in Walmsley, with only 6.4% of people born outside Australia. This makes the area much less diverse in its origins than both the state and the national average. Most people here identify with Australian, English, or Italian roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian ancestry is the most common at 72.3%, followed by English at 36.2% and Italian at 10.6%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.4% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (78.7%), with England being the most common overseas birthplace at 6.4%.
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 Walmsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51509/walmsley/topic/ancestry-heritage