15.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wardering · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wardering
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English and Australian ancestries dominate the heritage of Wardering, where 53.8% of people claim English roots. This small community has a strong connection to its colonial roots, with nearly half of the population also identifying as Australian by ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are most common here, followed by Scottish at 19.2% and Italian at 11.5%. No residents identified as having Irish ancestry.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 15.4% of people were born overseas—which is higher than in most similar areas—this is far below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. About 80.8% of the population was born in Australia.
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 Wardering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51531/wardering/topic/ancestry-heritage