46.3% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Wilson · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Wilson
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly half of all residents in Wilson were born overseas, a figure that ranks among the highest for similar areas. This international mix is reflected in the local ancestry, where Chinese heritage is particularly common at 17.1%.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English and Australian are the most common ancestries at 27.7% and 21.4%. Irish and Scottish roots follow at 7% and 6.1% respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 46.3% of people here were born overseas, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 32.2% and the national figure of 27.7%. While half the population was born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England, China, and India.
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 Wilson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51617/wilson/topic/ancestry-heritage