25.4% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Willagee · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Willagee
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
A diverse mix of cultural backgrounds shapes daily life in Willagee, where one in four residents was born overseas. While English and Australian ancestries are the most common, the area has a much higher proportion of overseas-born people than most similar suburbs.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 38.7%, followed by Australian at 34.3%, Scottish at 10.2%, Irish at 9.8%, and Italian at 6.2%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 25.4% of people here were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas, though this is well below the Western Australian figure of 32.2%. Most residents were born in Australia (68.9%), followed by England (5.6%) and New Zealand (2.5%).
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 Willagee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51610/willagee/topic/ancestry-heritage