27.5% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Mandurah · Council (LGA)
Ancestry & Birthplace in Mandurah
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 Mandurah, where nearly half of all residents claim this heritage. The area has a strong connection to the British Isles, with a population that is largely Australian-born but is becoming more international over time.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Almost half of people here identify as English (48.1%), followed by Australian (35.1%) and Scottish (10.2%). Irish and German ancestries are also common, making up 9.6% and 3.3% of the population respectively.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
About 27.5% of residents were born overseas, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and has risen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011. While this is about the same as the national figure, it is well below Western Australia's average.
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 Mandurah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55110/mandurah/topic/ancestry-heritage