8.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Westwood · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Westwood
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Far fewer people were born overseas in Westwood than in most similar areas. This small community is predominantly Australian-born, with only 8.8% of residents arriving from another country.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian, English and German are the most common ancestries here, with 44.1%, 32.4% and 23.5% of residents claiming these roots respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 8.8% of people were born overseas, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents were born in Australia (58.8%) or England (11.8%).
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 Westwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51590/westwood/topic/ancestry-heritage