40.8% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Pearce · Federal Electorate
Ancestry & Birthplace in Pearce
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
The proportion of people born overseas in Pearce has risen by 3.2 percentage points since 2011. This has left the area far more diverse than the national average, with 40.8% of residents born in another country. Most of these residents trace their roots back to the UK and Europe.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
English ancestry is the most common here at 42.1%, followed by Australian (26.9%), Scottish (9.0%), and Irish (9.0%) roots.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
With 40.8% of people born overseas, Pearce sits well above Western Australia's 32.2% and far above the Australian figure of 27.7%. Aside from those born in Australia (55.2%), the most common birthplaces are England (14.0%), South Africa (3.7%), and New Zealand (3.7%).
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 Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED512/pearce/topic/ancestry-heritage