9.9% ▲ —
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Williams · Urban Centre
Ancestry & Birthplace in Williams
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Traditional roots define the community of Williams (L), where nearly half the people identify as Australian by ancestry. While the area remains largely home-grown, the number of residents born overseas has grown significantly in recent years.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are most common, making up 48.8% and 42.2% of the population respectively, followed by Scottish and Irish roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Only 9.9% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. However, this has risen 9.9 percentage points since 2011, when no one in the area was born outside 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 Williams [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522066/williams/topic/ancestry-heritage