25.3% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Weston · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Weston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Fewer people were born overseas in Weston than in the rest of the territory, with 25.3% of residents arriving from another country. This community has strong roots in the British Isles, with English and Australian ancestries being the most common.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
The most common ancestries are English at 34.7% and Australian at 33.4%, followed by Irish (13.1%) and Scottish (12.4%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
While 25.3% of people were born overseas, which is much higher than most areas, this is well below the ACT figure of 28.7%. Most people were born in Australia (71.3%), with the next most common birthplaces being England, India, China, and New Zealand.
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 Weston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80133/weston/topic/ancestry-heritage