3.2% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Windabout · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Windabout
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Almost half of the people in Windabout identify as Australian by ancestry. This small area is very traditional in its roots, with a population that is overwhelmingly born in Australia and shares deep ties to British and Irish heritage.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are Australian at 49.2% and English at 35.5%. Other notable groups include Irish (10.5%), German (8.1%), and Scottish (5.6%).
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 3.2% of residents were born overseas, which is far below the 32.2% seen across Western Australia and the 27.7% national figure. This is much lower than most other areas, with 79% of the population born in Australia.
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 Windabout [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51620/windabout/topic/ancestry-heritage