31.9% ▲ +17.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Woodridge · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Woodridge
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Nearly 32% of people in Woodridge were born overseas, a figure much higher than most similar areas. This makes the community more diverse than the national average, though it sits about the same as the wider Western Australian figure.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common at 48.0%, followed by Australian at 37.6% and Scottish at 11.3%.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 31.9% of residents were born outside Australia, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. While most people were born in Australia (59.5%), England is the most common overseas birthplace at 16.0%.
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 Woodridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51640/woodridge/topic/ancestry-heritage