19.5% ▼ -44.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
West Swan · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in West Swan
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A much higher proportion of people in West Swan were born overseas compared to most similar areas. While many residents claim English or Australian ancestry, nearly one in five people here grew up in another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries, making up 29.3% and 23.7% of the population. Other significant groups include Scottish, Irish, and Italian ancestries.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 19.5% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and well below the national rate of 27.7%. Most people were born in Australia (77.1%), followed by England, Italy, Vietnam and New Zealand.
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 West Swan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51585/west-swan/topic/ancestry-heritage