31.0% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Willagee (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Willagee (South Metropolitan)
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
English ancestry is the most common background in Willagee, where 36.2% of residents claim these roots. The area is quite diverse, with 31% of people born overseas, a figure that is well above the national average.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Besides English heritage, many residents identify as Australian (29.9%), followed by Italian (9.3%), Scottish (9.2%) and Irish (8.9%) backgrounds.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
More people were born overseas here than in most other areas, and this figure rose 2.3 percentage points since 2011. While 64% were born in Australia, the most common overseas birthplaces are England (6.2%), New Zealand (2.3%) and Italy (1.8%).
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 (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55905/willagee/topic/ancestry-heritage