39.1% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 40.5%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wattle Grove
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 40% of people in Wattle Grove were born overseas, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This makes the suburb far more diverse than the national average, with strong links to India and China reflected in both birthplace and ancestry.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian ancestries are the most common at 25.7% and 24.5%, while Indian (10.6%) and Chinese (9.6%) ancestries also make up a significant part of the community.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
The 39.1% of residents born overseas is well above the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and far above the Australian average of 27.7%. India is the most common overseas birthplace at 8.7%.
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 Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51549/wattle-grove/topic/ancestry-heritage