6.0% ▼ -54.7%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Walkerston · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Walkerston
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Australian ancestry is the most common heritage in Walkerston, where 40.7% of people claim this background. The area has a very low proportion of overseas-born residents, reflecting a population with deep local roots.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most frequent, making up 40.7% and 39.2% of the area. Scottish, Irish, and German heritages also feature prominently in the local breakdown.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 6.0% of people here were born overseas, a figure that is far below the national average of 27.7%. This proportion has fallen by 7.3 percentage points since 2011, with 84.2% of residents 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 Walkerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315096/walkerston/topic/ancestry-heritage